1 Nephi 20:17-21

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17 And thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I have sent him, the Lord thy God who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go, hath done it.

18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments—then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.

19 Thy seed also had been as the sand; the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter to the end of the earth; say ye: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

21 And they thirsted not; he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also and the waters gushed out.

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Profit, or prosperity (v. 17)

God’s guidance (v. 17)

Peace (v. 18)

Many offspring (v. 19)<o:p></o:p>

Deliverance from enemies (v. 20)<o:p></o:p>

Basic necessities will be met (v. 21)<o:p></o:p>

Brian D. Garner, Search These Things Diligently, p. 37<o:p></o:p>