- “No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us. He never has, and He never will. He cannot do it. It is against His character to do so. He is an unchangeable being…He will stand by us. We may pass through deep waters; but we shall not be consumed nor overwhelmed. We shall emerge from these trials and difficulties the better and the purer for them if we only trust in our God and keep His commandments.” (George Q. Cannon, If Thou Endure It Well, 121)
- Moroni 7: 11…For behold, a bitter fountain cannot bring forth good water; neither can a good fountain bring forth bitter water; wherefore, a man being a servant of the devil cannot follow Christ; and if he follow Christ he cannot be a servant of the devil.
- Jacob 3:8… O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins that their skins will be whiter than yours, when ye shall be brought with them before the throne of God