Ex. 1:20 Revere God over man

Elder Gary Stevenson: “There will be times when you … will have to demonstrate your righteous courage in plain view of your peers, the consequence of which may be ridicule and embarrassment. … He will reward you for your courage and righteous behavior--with happiness and joy. Such courage will be a byproduct of your faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, your prayers, and your obedience to commandments” (“Be Valiant in Courage, Strength, and Activity,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2012, 52).

Gen. 49:3 Patriarchal blessings

“The same Lord who provided a Liahona for Lehi provides for you and for me today a rare and valuable gift to give direction to our lives, to mark the hazards to our safety, and to chart the way, even safe passage—not to a promised land, but to our heavenly home. The gift to which I refer is known as your patriarchal blessing. Every worthy member of the Church is entitled to receive such a precious and priceless personal treasure.”

President Thomas S. Monson, “Your Patriarchal Blessing: A Liahona of Light,” Ensign, Nov. 1986, 65.

Gen. 37:4 Most important relationships

President Ezra Taft Benson taught: “Your most important friendships should be with your own brothers and sisters and with your father and mother. Love your family. Be loyal to them. Have a genuine concern for your brothers and sisters. Help carry their load” (“To the ‘Youth of the Noble Birthright,’” Ensign, May 1986, 43).

Gen. 37:11 Envy

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland: “Brothers and sisters, there are going to be times in our lives when someone else gets an unexpected blessing or receives some special recognition. May I plead with us not to be hurt--and certainly not to feel envious--when good fortune comes to another person? We are not diminished when someone else is added upon. We are not in a race against each other to see who is the wealthiest or the most talented or the most beautiful or even the most blessed. The race we are really in is the race against sin, and surely envy is one of the most universal of those.

“Furthermore, envy is a mistake that just keeps on giving. Obviously we suffer a little when some misfortune befalls us, but envy requires us to suffer all good fortune that befalls everyone we know! What a bright prospect that is--downing another quart of pickle juice every time anyone around you has a happy moment! … Coveting, pouting, or tearing others down does not elevate your standing nor does demeaning someone else improve your self-image. So be kind, and be grateful that God is kind. It is a happy way to live” (“The Laborers in the Vineyard,” Ensign, May 2012, 31–32).

Gen. 33 Rattler Revenge

Rattler gets last bite after man chomps its head
United Press International
Deseret News 8/1/1993
  Elton, Va. - When Jarrette Arlo Dean got bit by a rattlesnake, he bit back, and took the critter's head to clean off.
  The snake head, severed from its body, bit him twice more before breathing its last.
  Dean, 44, who lives in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, is recuperating at home after being hospitalized several days.
  "They said it was a miracle he's alive," his 19-year-old daughter, Tina, said Saturday.
  Doctors said Dean was in shock when he got to Rockingham Memorial Hospital "and almost dead," according to his daughter.
  His family, from a community called Naked Creek, doesn't know what possessed him to bite off the snake's head last Saturday.
  "He said it had bit him first so he bit it," his daughter said.
  She said her father was riding his bicycle when he spotted the rattler, more than 3 feet long, and got off to catch it. "He's not afraid of snakes," she said.
  Holding the snake in one hand, he continued his trip, but the snake bit him on the thumb and fingers, so he headed for a friends house.
  When he got there, angry at being snake-bit, he retaliated in kind. But when he went to take the head out of his mouth, the dying snake bit him on the tongue and lip.
  Inside the house, his mouth began to swell, so a nephew drove him to the Elkton Emergency Squad, which took him to the hospital.
  He was released Wednesday, but his daughter said he could not speak for several days after the incident.

Gen. 33:1-11 Forgiveness and grudges

Gen. 33:1-11 President Thomas S. Monson: 
“Many years ago I read the following Associated Press dispatch which appeared in the newspaper: An elderly man disclosed at the funeral of his brother, with whom he had shared, from early manhood, a small, one-room cabin near Canisteo, New York, that following a quarrel, they had divided the room in half with a chalk line, and neither had crossed the line or spoken a word to the other since that day--62 years before. Just think of the consequence of that anger. What a tragedy!” (“School Thy Feelings, O My Brother,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2009, 68–69).

Gen. 33:1-11 Elder Marion D. Hanks
“What is our response when we are offended, misunderstood, unfairly or unkindly treated, or sinned against, made an offender for a word, falsely accused, passed over, hurt by those we love, our offerings rejected? Do we resent, become bitter, hold a grudge? Or do we resolve the problem if we can, forgive, and rid ourselves of the burden?

“The nature of our response to such situations may well determine the nature and quality of our lives, here and eternally. …

“… Even if it appears that another may be deserving of our resentment or hatred, none of us can afford to pay the price of resenting or hating, because of what it does to us” (“Forgiveness: The Ultimate Form of Love,” Ensign, Jan. 1974, 20, 21).

Gen. 19:26; Luke 17:31-32 Don't Look (or return) Back!

Boyd K. Packer:

“President Joseph Fielding Smith told me of a repentant woman struggling to find her way out of a very immoral life. She asked him what she should do now.

In turn, he asked her to read to him from the Old Testament the account of Lot’s wife, who was turned to a pillar of salt. Then he asked her, “What lesson do you gain from those verses?”

She answered, “The Lord will destroy the wicked.”

“Not so!” President Smith said that the lesson for this repentant woman and for you is “Don’t look back!”

Strangely enough, it may be that the simplest and most powerful prevention and cure for pornography, or any unclean act, is to ignore and avoid it. Delete from the mind any unworthy thought that tries to take root. Once you have decided to remain clean, you are asserting your God-given agency. And then, as President Smith counseled, “Don’t look back.” (Boyd K Packer. Cleansing the inner Temple.2010-0:74)

Moses 7:62 "sweep the earth as with a flood"

Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:

“I exhort you to sweep the earth with messages filled with righteousness and truth—messages that are authentic, edifying, and praiseworthy—and literally to sweep the earth as with a flood” (“To Sweep the Earth as with a Flood,” BYU Campus Education Week devotional, August 2014).

Moses 6:31 "'Why is that I have found favor in thy sight?"

Elder Neal A. Maxwell:

   "God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability!" (Ensign, July 1975, "It's Service, Not Status, That Counts," p. 7.)

President Monson:

   "Now some of you may be shy by nature or consider yourselves inadequate to respond affirmatively to a calling.  Remember that this work is not yours and mine alone.  It is the Lord's work, and when we are on the Lord's errand, we are entitled to the Lord's help.  Remember that whom the Lord calls, the Lord qualifies."  (CR, April 1996)

Moses 3:17 "Choose For Thyself"

President Joseph Fielding Smith summarized the choice presented to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden:

“The Lord said to Adam, here is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you want to stay here then you cannot eat of that fruit. If you want to stay here then I forbid you to eat it. But you may act for yourself and you may eat of it if you want to. And if you eat it you will die” (“Fall--Atonement--Resurrection--Sacrament” [address given at LDS Institute of Religion, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 14, 1961]).

Moses 3:22 "The Crown of Creation"

President Gordon B. Hinckley:
First let me say to you sisters that you do not hold a second place in our Father's plan for the eternal happiness and well-being of His children. You are an absolutely essential part of that plan.

Without you the plan could not function. Without you the entire program would be frustrated. As I have said before from this pulpit, when the process of creation occurred, Jehovah, the Creator, under instruction from His Father, first divided the light from the darkness and then separated the land from the waters. There followed the creation of plant life, followed by the creation of animal life. Then came the creation of man, and culminating that act of divinity came the crowning act, the creation of woman.

Each of you is a daughter of God, endowed with a divine birthright. You need no defense of that position (Ensign, Nov. 1996, 67).

Moses 3:18 "Help Meet"

Linda K. Burton, April Conference 2015:
We know from the scriptures that “it is not good that … man should be alone.” That is why our Heavenly Father made “an help meet for him.” The phrase help meet means “a helper suited to, worthy of, or corresponding to him.” For example, our two hands are similar to each other but not exactly the same. In fact, they are exact opposites, but they complement each other and are suited to each other. Working together, they are stronger.

Moses 3:3 Sabbath Day Observance

President Nelson Taught:

How do we hallow the Sabbath day? In my much younger years, I studied the work of others who had compiled lists of things to do and things not to do on the Sabbath. It wasn’t until later that I learned from the scriptures that my conduct and my attitude on the Sabbath constituted a sign between me and my Heavenly Father. With that understanding, I no longer needed lists of dos and don’ts. When I had to make a decision whether or not an activity was appropriate for the Sabbath, I simply asked myself, “What sign do I want to give to God?” That question made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear.(“The Sabbath is a delight, President Nelson, April 2015 General Conference.)

Moses 2:27 "In God's Image"

President Thomas S. Monson:
“God our Father has ears with which to hear our prayers. He has eyes with which to see our actions. He has a mouth with which to speak to us. He has a heart with which to feel compassion and love. He is real. He is living. We are his children, made in his image. We look like him, and he looks like us” (“I Know That My Redeemer Lives,” Ensign, Apr. 1990, 6).

Moses 2:28 "Earth Is For Families"

Elder Russell M. Nelson:
“Grand as it is, planet Earth is part of something even grander--that great plan of God. Simply summarized, the earth was created that families might be” (“The Creation,” 85).

Moses 1:33 "World's Without Number"

President Brigham Young said: “How many earths are there? I observed this morning that you may take the particles of matter composing this earth, and if they could be enumerated they would only be a beginning to the number of the creations of God; and they are continually coming into existence, and undergoing changes and passing through the same experience that we are passing through” (in Journal of Discourses, 14:71).
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Moses 1:13 "I am a son of God!"

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the First Presidency:

“You are something divine--more beautiful and glorious than you can possibly imagine. This knowledge changes everything. It changes your present. It can change your future. And it can change the world. …

“Because of the revealed word of a merciful God, … you have felt the eternal glory of that divine spirit within you. You are no ordinary beings, my beloved young friends all around the world. You are glorious and eternal. …

“It is my prayer and blessing that when you look at your reflection, you will be able to see beyond imperfections and self-doubts and recognize who you truly are: glorious sons and daughters of the Almighty God” (“The Reflection in the Water” [Church Educational System fireside for young adults, Nov. 1, 2009]; LDS.org).

Moses 1:12 Satan's Timing

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Ensign, Mar. 2000
But Moses’ message to you today is: Don’t let your guard down. Don’t assume that a great revelation, some marvelous, illuminating moment, the opening of an inspired path, is the end of it. Remember, it isn’t over until it’s over.

What happens to Moses next, after his revelatory moment, would be ludicrous if it were not so dangerous and so true to form. Lucifer--in an effort to continue his opposition, in his unfailing effort to get his licks in later if not sooner--appears and shouts in equal portions of anger and petulance after God has revealed Himself to the prophet: “Moses, worship me.” But Moses is not having it. He has just seen the real thing, and by comparison this sort of performance is pretty dismal.

...With any major decision there are cautions and considerations to make, but once there has been illumination, beware the temptation to retreat from a good thing. If it was right when you prayed about it and trusted it and lived for it, it is right now. Don’t give up when the pressure mounts. Certainly don’t give in to that being who is bent on the destruction of your happiness. Face your doubts. Master your fears. “Cast not away therefore your confidence.” Stay the course and see the beauty of life unfold for you.

Psalms 119:105 Scriptures- Stalwart Friends

Elder Richard G. Scott:

“[The scriptures] can become stalwart friends that are not limited by geography or calendar. They are always available when needed. . . . Learning, pondering, searching, and memorizing scriptures is like filling a filing cabinet with friends, values, and truths that can be called upon anytime, anywhere in the world. . . .

“. . . [Memorizing a scripture] is like discovering a new individual who can help in time of need, give inspiration and comfort, and be a source of motivation for needed change” (“The Power of Scripture,” Ensign, Nov. 2011, 6).

1 Kings 19:11-13 Still Small Voice

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland:
“Please know that your Father in Heaven loves you and so does His Only Begotten Son. When They speak to you—and They will—it will not be in the wind, nor in the earthquake, nor in the fire, but it will be with a voice still and small, a voice tender and kind” (“The Tongue of Angels,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2007, 18).

Moses 3:3 Sabbath Dos and Don'ts

President Russell M. Nelson:

How do we hallow the Sabbath day? In my much younger years, I studied the work of others who had compiled lists of things to do and things not to do on the Sabbath. It wasn’t until later that I learned from the scriptures that my conduct and my attitude on the Sabbath constituted a sign between me and my Heavenly Father. With that understanding, I no longer needed lists of dos and don’ts. When I had to make a decision whether or not an activity was appropriate for the Sabbath, I simply asked myself, “What sign do I want to give to God?” That question made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear (Apr. Conf. 2015).