| Miracles occurs in 45 verses of the
Book of Mormon—in all but four of the fifteen books: |
| Reference summary |
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1 Nephi
2 Nephi
Mosiah
Alma
Helaman
3 Nephi
4 Nephi
Mormon
Ether
Moroni
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17:51
10:4; 26:13, 20; 27:23; 28:6
3:5; 8:18; 15:6
23:6; 26:12; 37:40–41
10:13; 16:4, 23
1:4; 7:20, 22; 8:1; 19:35; 29:7
8:1, 5, 13, 29–31
1:13; 8:26; 9:10–11, 15, 17–20
12:12, 15–16, 18
7:27, 29, 35, 37;
10:12 |
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| God of miracles |
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God the same
According to faith |
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For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles;
and I will show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and
forever; and I work not among the children of men save it be according
to their faith. |
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2 Nephi 27:23 |
| Good idea |
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Thus God has provided a means that man, through
faith, might work mighty miracles; therefore he becometh a great benefit
to his fellow beings. |
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Mosiah 8:18 |
No miracles no God
Creation miracle |
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And now, if ye have imagined
up unto yourselves a god who doth vary, … then have ye imagined up
unto yourselves a god who is not a God of miracles >.
[11] But behold, I will show unto you a God of miracles, … that
same God who created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in
them are. |
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Mormon 9:10–11. Cf. 2 Nephi 28:5–6
below. |
| God doesn't change |
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And now, O all ye that have imagined up unto
yourselves a god who can do no miracles, I
would ask of you, have all these things passed, of which I have spoken?
Has the end come yet? Behold I say unto you, Nay; and God has not ceased
to be a God of miracles. |
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Mormon 9:15 |
| Creation miracle |
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Who shall say that it was not a miracle that by his word
the heaven and the earth should be; and by the power of his word man was
created of the dust of the earth; and by the power of his word have miracles
been wrought? |
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Mormon 9:17 |
Jesus and apostles performed
God doesn't change |
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And who shall say that Jesus Christ did not
do many mighty miracles? And there were many mighty miracles wrought by
the hands of the apostles. [19] And if there were
miracles wrought then, why has God ceased to be a God of miracles and yet
be an unchangeable Being? And behold, I say unto you he change not; if
so he would cease to be God; and he ceaseth not to be God, and is a God
of miracles. |
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Mormon 9:18–19 |
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| Satan |
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And notwithstanding the signs and the wonders
which were wrought among the people of the Lord, and the many miracles
which they did, Satan did get great hold upon the hearts of the people … |
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Helaman 16:23 |
| Iniquity |
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But wickedness did prevail upon the face of
the whole land, insomuch that the Lord did take away his beloved disciples,
and the work of miracles and of healing did cease because of the iniquity
of the people. |
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Mormon 1:13 |
| Unbelief |
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And the reason why he ceaseth to do miracles
among the children of men is because that they dwindle in unbelief, and
depart from the right way, and know not the God in whom they should trust. |
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Mormon 9:20 |
| Because Jesus rose? |
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Wherefore, my beloved brethren, have miracles
ceased because Christ hath ascended into heaven, and hath sat down on the
right hand of God, to claim of the Father his rights of mercy which he
hath upon the children of men? |
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Moroni 7:27 |
| Haven't ceased |
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… have miracles ceased? Behold I say unto
you, Nay; neither have angels ceased to minister unto the children of men. |
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Moroni 7:29 |
| Woe, woe |
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And now, my beloved brethren, if this be the
case that these things are true … has the day of miracles ceased? |
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Moroni 7:35 |
| Unbelief |
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… if these things have ceased wo be unto
the children of men, for it is because of unbelief, and all is vain. |
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Moroni 7:37 |
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| Faith required |
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| According to faith |
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And that he manifesteth himself unto all those
who believe in him, … working mighty miracles, signs, and wonders,
among the children of men according to their faith. |
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2 Nephi 26:13 |
| No faith no miracle |
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For if there be no faith among the children
of men God can do no miracle among them; wherefore, he showed not himself
until after their faith.
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Ether 12:12 |
| Before and after Christ |
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Yea, and even all they who wrought miracles wrought them
by faith, even those who were before Christ and also those who were after. |
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Ether 12:16 |
| Precedes |
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And neither at any time hath any wrought miracles until
after their faith; wherefore they first believed in the Son of God. |
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Ether 12:18 |
| Produces miracles and angels |
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… it is by faith that miracles
are wrought; and it is by faith that angels appear and minister unto men … |
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Moroni 7:37 |
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| Only pure perform |
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… we know our record to be true, for behold,
it was a just man who did keep the record—for he truly did many miracles
in the name of Jesus; and there was not any man who could do a miracle
in the name of Jesus save he were cleansed every whit from his iniquity— |
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3 Nephi 8:1
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… deny not the gifts of
God, for they are many … [9]
… behold, to one is given by the Spirit of God, that
he… [12] And
again, to another, that he may work mighty miracles; |
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Moroni 10:8, 9, 12 |
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| Denials |
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| Gentiles dis miracles, proud, oppressive |
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And the Gentiles … put down the power
and miracles of God, and preach up unto themselves their own wisdom and
their own learning, that they may get gain and grind upon the face of the
poor. |
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2 Nephi 26:20 |
| Churches deny in last days |
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And they deny the power of God, the Holy One
of Israel; and they say unto the people: Hearken unto us, and hear ye our
precept; for behold there is no God today, for the Lord and the Redeemer
hath done his work, and he hath given his power unto men; [6] Behold,
hearken ye unto my precept; if they shall say there is a miracle wrought
by the hand of the Lord, believe it not; for this day he is not a God of
miracles; he hath done his work <. |
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2 Nephi 28:5–6. Cf. Mormon 9:10 above. |
| Sons of perdition deny |
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Yea, and wo unto him that shall say at that
day, to get again, that there can be no miracle wrought by Jesus Christ;
for he that doeth this shall become like unto the son of perdition, for
whom there was no mercy, according to the word of Christ! |
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3 Nephi 29:7 |
| Persecuting churches deny |
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And again, there was another church which denied
the Christ; and they did persecute the true church of Christ, because of
their humility and their belief in Christ; and they did despise them because
of the many miracles which were wrought among them. |
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4 Nephi 1:29 |
| Harden hearts |
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Nevertheless, and notwithstanding all these
miracles, the people did harden their hearts, and did seek to kill them,
even as the Jews at Jerusalem sought to kill Jesus, according to his word. |
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4 Nephi 1:31 |
| Speak from the dead when "done
away" |
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… those saints who have gone before me,
who have possessed this land, shall cry, yea, even from the dust
will they cry unto the Lord … [24] … in
his name could they remove mountains; and … cause the earth to shake;
and … cause prisons to tumble to the earth;
yea, even the fiery furnace could not harm them, neither wild beasts nor
poisonous serpents … [26]
And no one need say they shall not come, for
they surely shall, … for out of the earth shall
they come … and none can stay it; and it shall
come in a day when it shall be said that miracles are done away; and it
shall come even as if one should speak from the dead. |
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Mormon 8:23–24, 26 |
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| Prophecy miracle |
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Now behold, notwithstanding that great miracle
which Nephi had done in telling them concerning the death of the chief
judge, they did harden their hearts and did not hearken unto the words
of the Lord. |
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Helaman 10:13 |
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| By Jesus |
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| Jews crucify despite miracles |
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Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs
be expedient that Christ—for in the last night the angel spake unto
me that this should be his name—should become among the Jews, among
those who are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify
him—for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other nation
on earth that would crucify their God. [4] For should
the mighty miracles be wrought among other nations they would repent, and
know that he be their God. |
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2 Nephi 10:3–4 |
| Predicted |
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For behold, the time cometh, and is not far
distant, that with power, the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, … shall
dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go forth amongst men, working
mighty miracles, such as healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the
lame to walk, the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear, and
curing all manner of diseases. |
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Mosiah 3:5 |
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And after all this, after working many mighty
miracles among the children of men, he shall be led, yea, even as Isaiah
said, as a sheep before the shearer is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. |
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Mosiah 15:6 |
Jews' unbelief
Didn't get full extent |
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And it came to pass that when Jesus had made
an end of praying he came again to the disciples, and said unto them: So
great faith have I never seen among all the Jews; wherefore I could not
show unto them so great miracles, because of their unbelief. |
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3 Nephi 19:35 |
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Nephi
Teaching aid
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And now, if the Lord has such great power, and
has wrought so many miracles among the children of men, how is it that
he cannot instruct me, that I should build a ship? |
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1 Nephi 17:51 |
Ammon
Conversion tool
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… as many as were brought to the knowledge
of the truth, through the preaching of Ammon and his brethren, according
to the spirit of revelation and of prophecy, and the power of God working
miracles in them … never did fall away. |
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Alma 23:6 |
| Many performed |
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… many mighty miracles we have wrought
in this land, for which we will praise his name forever. |
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Alma 26:12 |
Liahona
Day by day |
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… if they had faith to believe that God
could cause that those spindles should point the way they should go, behold,
it was done; therefore they had this miracle, and also many other miracles
wrought by the power of God, day by day. |
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Alma 37:40 |
| By small means |
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Nevertheless, because those miracles were worked
by small means it did show unto them marvelous works. … |
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Alma 37:41 |
Nephi
Conversion tool |
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For behold, Nephi was baptizing, and prophesying,
and preaching, crying repentance unto the people, showing signs and wonders,
working miracles among the people, that they might know that the Christ
must shortly come— |
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Helaman 16:4 |
| Greater signs, greater miracles |
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… there began to be greater signs and
greater miracles wrought among the people. |
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3 Nephi 1:4 |
Nephi gets angels, exorcises, raises the
dead
People get mad |
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And it came to pass that they were angry with
him, even because he had greater power than they, for it were not possible
that they could disbelieve his words, for so great was his faith on the
Lord Jesus Christ that angels did minister unto him daily. [19] And
in the name of Jesus did he cast out devils and unclean spirits; and even
his brother did he raise from the dead, after he had been stoned and suffered
death by the people. [20] And the people saw it,
and did witness of it, and were angry with him because of his power; and
he did also do many more miracles, in the sight of the people, in the name
of Jesus. |
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3 Nephi 7:18–20 |
| Signs and miracles |
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And as many as had devils cast out from them,
and were healed of their sicknesses and their infirmities, did truly manifest
unto the people that they had been wrought upon by the Spirit of God, and
had been healed; and they did show forth signs also and did do some miracles
among the people. |
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3 Nephi 7:22 |
| In
Jesus' name |
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And there were great and marvelous works wrought
by the disciples of Jesus, insomuch that they did heal the sick, and raise
the dead, and cause the lame to walk, and the blind to receive their sight,
and the deaf to hear; and all manner of miracles did they work among the
children of men; and in nothing did they work miracles save it were in
the name of Jesus. |
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4 Nephi 1:5 |
| No contention, mighty miracles |
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And it came to pass that there was no contention
among all the people, in all the land; but there were mighty miracles wrought
among the disciples of Jesus. |
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4 Nephi 1:13 |
| Break up prisons, perform miracles |
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Therefore they did exercise power and authority
over the disciples … but by the power of the word of God, which was
in them, the prisons were rent in twain, and they went forth doing mighty
miracles among them. |
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4 Nephi 1:30 |
| Ammon's faith |
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Behold, it was the faith of Ammon and his brethren
which brought so great a miracle among the Lamanites. |
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Ether 12:15 |
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