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3/09/03
"Great reservoirs of spiritual water, called scriptures, have been
provided
in this day and have been safeguarded that all might partake and be
spiritually
fed, and that they thirst not. That these scriptures have been
considered of
great importance, is indicated by the words of the Savior, 'Search the
scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are
they which
testify of me' (John
5:39); and the experience of the Nephites being sent back
to procure the brass plates which contained the scriptures so vital to
the
welfare of the people. The use of those scriptures was suggested in
the
statement of Nephi when he said, '...for I did liken all scriptures
unto us,
that it might be for our profit and learning.' (1
Nephi 19:23)" — Harold B. Lee, "Conference Report,"
October 1943, p. 101
3/10/03
"The scriptures become personal messages to us when we liken them unto
ourselves. (1 Nephi
19:23.)" — Ardeth Greene Kapp, "The Joy of the
Journey," [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1992], p. 127
3/11/03
"Nephi said, 'I did liken all scriptures unto us, that it might be for
our
profit and learning.' (1
Nephi
19:23.) He was advising us to weave the fiber of scriptural
wisdom into the
fabric of our own being." — Russell
M. Nelson, "The Power within Us," [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co.,
1988], p. 29
3/12/03
"So important in the Father's plan of salvation are the scriptures
that
incidents are recorded wherein God commanded the taking of life to
obtain
possession of precious writings without which His children would
stumble and be
blinded by the darkness of the world, but with which they could be
likened to
the people of the scriptures for their profit and learning." — Harold
B. Lee, "The Teachings of Harold
B. Lee," edited by Clyde J. Williams [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft,
1996], p.
152
3/13/03
"In conclusion, Nephi, Benjamin's great predecessor, would surely want
us
to 'liken' Benjamin's words unto ourselves (see 1
Ne. 19:23). Such likening
would include focusing on quality parenting, which prepares children
to overcome
the world; making extra efforts to communicate with others, including
verifying
that they have understood us and we them; valuing the scriptures by
searching
them; striving for meekness and modesty in our personal lives; putting
off the
natural man and woman; applying Jesus' great atonement to our own
lives; and
living so as to merit the regular guidance of the Holy Ghost to keep
us in
'wisdom's path.'" — Neal A. Maxwell,
"Heroes from the Book of Mormon," [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1995],
p. 67
2/11/17
Brothers and sisters, on very thin pages, thick with meaning,
are some almost hidden scriptures. Hence we are urged to search,
feast, and ponder (see John
5:39; Alma
14:1; Alma
33:2; Moro.
10:3; 2
Ne. 9:51). Especially, however, we should also do more of
what Nephi did, namely “liken all scriptures unto [ourselves]” (1
Ne. 19:23). – Neal A. Maxwell, “Lessons
from Laman and Lemuel,” Ensign (CR) November 1999