Doctrine & Covenants 1
[15] For they have strayed from mine ordinances, and have broken mine everlasting covenant.
[16] They seek not the Lord to establish his righteousness, but every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol, which waxeth old and shall perish in Babylon, even Babylon the great, which shall fall.
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Doctrine & Covenants 38
[40] And again, I say unto you, I give unto you a commandment, that every man, both elder, priest, teacher, and also member, go to with his might, with the labor of his hands, to prepare and accomplish the things which I have commanded.
[41] And let your preaching be the warning voice, every man to his neighbor, in mildness and in meekness.
[42] And go ye out from among the wicked. Save yourselves. Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord. Even so. Amen.
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Doctrine & Covenants 53
[2] Behold, I, the Lord, who was crucified for the sins of the world, give unto you a commandment that you shall forsake the world.
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Doctrine & Covenants 59
[9] And that thou mayest more fully keep thyself unspotted from the world, thou shalt go to the house of prayer and offer up thy sacraments upon my holy day;
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See also:
Forsaking Worldliness: Old Testament
Forsaking Worldliness: New Testament
Forsaking Worldliness: Book of Mormon
Forsaking Worldliness: Stories & Quotes
– Tom Irvine
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