Jacob 5:37

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37 But behold, the wild branches have grown and have overrun the roots thereof; and because that the wild branches have overcome the roots thereof it hath brought forth much evil fruit; and because that it hath brought forth so much evil fruit thou beholdest that it beginneth to perish; and it will soon become ripened, that it may be cast into the fire, except we should do something for it to preserve it.

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Wild branches overrun the roots

Gentile influence during the ages of apostasy—whether in the form of Greek philosophy or humanistic theology—had suppressed the truth and driven the Church of God into the wilderness. Worldliness had replaced godliness; philosophy had replaced true religion; rhetoric had replaced prophecy; and reason had supplanted revelation. Inappropriate actions will always follow on the heels of false beliefs; what we believe determines what we do.

Millet & McConkie, Doctrinal Commentary on the BOM, Vol. 2, p. 61