2 Nephi 3:12

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12 Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write; and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together, unto the confounding of false doctrines and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins, and bringing them to the knowledge of their fathers in the latter days, and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord.

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The stick or record of Judah—the Old Testament and the New Testament—and the stick or record of Ephraim—the Book of Mormon, which is another testament of Jesus Christ—are now woven together in such a way that as you pore over one you are drawn to the other; as you learn from one you are enlightened by the other. They are indeed one in our hands. Ezekiel’s prophecy now stands fulfilled.

Boyd K. packer, Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled, 8-9. See also Ezekiel 37:16-17, 19

It is only when the Bible and the Book of Mormon are used as one that we gain the power to confound false doctrines, bring an end to contentions, and establish the pure peace of the gospel. In the historical sense, the Bible has been a book of war and bloodshed as men and nations have quarreled over its meaning; innumerable martyrs have been left in its wake, and Europe was virtually torn asunder. The Book of Mormon, standing as an independent witness to the Bible, with its purity of translation and clarity of language, is the harbinger of peace.

Millet & McConkie, BOM Commentary, Vol 1, p. 207-208