Above is a picture of me on my mission, the sickle from D&C (LDS 4) (RLDS 4) (1833 3) (1835 31) (1844 31) which I still have, the long paper is a copy of a Book of Mormon passage from The Book of Mormon text reformatted according to parallelistic patterns no doubt of Ammon who sought to serve the people and teach them of YHWH ancient ways.
Shared with permission from Annotated Book of Momron from BeaconLight Books
Posts with Chiasmus I have found:
Abraham 3:22-23
Isaiah 61:10
Proverbs 14:34
Alma (LDS 13:1-5) (RLDS 9:60-68)
Abraham 3:22-23 Chiasmus
Matthew 11:28-30
YHWH’s ways are Easy
Alma (LDS 10:11) (RLDS 8:16-17)
A For behold, HE HATH BLESSED mine HOUSE,
-B HE HATH BLESSED me,
–C and my WOMEN,
—D and my CHILDREN,
—-E and my FATHER
—D and my KINSFOLK;
–C yea, even ALL my KINDRED
-B HATH HE BLESSED,
A and the BLESSING of the Lord HATH rested upon US, according to the words which HE spake.
Amulek’s Women
1 Nephi (LDS 8:3-12) (RLDS 2:42-53)
Tree of Life Follow Him Chiasmus
Alma (LDS 41:10-12) (RLDS 19:73-76)
Tree of Life Follow Him Chiasmus
2 Nephi (LDS 3:1-25) (RLDS 2:1-50)
A Afflictions and Blessing go together
B Land is part of the covenant
C Joseph’s [Lehi’s son] seed shall not be destroyed
D Joseph of Egypt is our father who was given covenants of YHWH and prophesied of them
E YHWH promised/covenanted with Joseph that a righteous/faith branch will be broken off [and planted somewhere else] and the Messiah will read the words of their ancestors to them in the latter days
F He will translate words from ancient prophets from the dust
G He will bring Joseph’s seed to the knowledge of the covenants of the fathers by writing
H He shall do what YHWH commands, and he shall write [not read] the translation and a spokesman shall declare it
I He shall be great like unto Moses
J As Moses delivered the Israelites so also shall YHWH preserve Joseph’s seed forever
K By the power of YHWH he will convince Joseph’s seed of YHWH’s words unto salvation
L Bible and Book of Mormon together will confound false doctrines
M Out of weakness he shall be made strong when YHWH’s work shall begin among all His people
Mighty One Chiasmus
New Jerusalem and New Heaven and Earth Chiasmus
A 1 Record concerning destruction
-B 2 Rejected the words of Ether
–C1 3 Out of heaven
–C2 4 Christ and New Jerusalem
–C3 5 House of Israel and that Old Jerusalem will be destroyed and built up again
–C4 6 New Jerusalem will be built on the land of the Lehites
—D 7 Seed of Joseph out of land of Old Jerusalem
—D 8 Seed of Joseph build a Holy City
–C1 9 New heaven and a new earth
–C2 10 Blood of the Lamb and New Jerusalem
–C3 11 Inhabitants of Old Jerusalem will be scattered and gathered
–C4 12 First will be last and the last shall be first
-B 13 Forbidden to write prophecies of Ether
A 14 Record viewing destructions
New Jerusalem and New Heaven and Earth Chiasmus
A – King who will bring judgement when He comes.
B – Teaching the commandments of God is equated to Fulfilling the commandments of God.
C – Judging and punishing someone for breaking God’s commandments is righteous judgement and will cause peace to be in the land.
D – Expounding the troubles that come from a wicked king and stating we should have judges instead.
E – Do you business by the voice of the people and every man should do his part.
Mosiah (LDS 29:11-47) (RLDS 13:14-68) Chiasmus
Moroni (LDS 8:23-28) (RLDS 8:27-33) Chiasmus
Alma (LDS 13) (RLDS 10) Chiasmus
2 Nephi (LDS 32:1-8) (RLDS 14:1-11)
Philippians 2:4-5
Matthew 22:36-40
Mosiah (LDS 2:4) (RLDS 1:31-32)
Mosiah (LDS 4:15) (RLDS 2:27)
Alma (LDS 38:12) (RLDS 18:14-15)
Deuteronomy 22:12
Joshua 1:6-9
2 Nephi (LDS 9:39) (RLDS 6:73-74)
2 Nephi (LDS 31:9) (RLDS 13:11)
2 Nephi (LDS 31:17-18) (RLDS 13:22-26)
2 Nephi (LDS 31:12) (RLDS 13:15)
2 Nephi (LDS 9:41) (RLDS 6:79-82)
3 Nephi (LDS 12:1) (RLDS 5:44-47)
Mosiah (LDS 15:1-5) (RLDS 8:28-32)
Alma (LDS 13:12) (RLDS 10:4-5)
3 Nephi (LDS 27:20) (RLDS 12:33)
2 Thessalonians 2:13
1 Peter 1:2
Mosiah (LDS 13:28) (RLDS 8:5)
D&C (LDS 88:34-35) (RLDS 85) (1835 7) (1844)
Helaman (LDS 5:45) (RLDS 2:111)
3 Nephi (LDS 9:20) (RLDS 4:49-50)
Deuteronomy 11:18
Jeremiah 31:33
Mosiah (LDS 18:10) (RLDS 9:41)
Jacob (LDS 2:21) (RLDS 2:26-28)
Ecclesiastes 12:13
2 Nephi (LDS 26:27) (RLDS 11:102-103)
Exodus 18:20
Joshua 22:5
1 Kings 2:3
Psalm 119:1
Isaiah 2:3 (2 Nephi (LDS 12:3) (RLDS 8:19))
Jeremiah 6:16
Acts 24:14
2 Nephi (LDS 4:32) (RLDS 3:54-55)
Mosiah (LDS 2:35-36) (RLDS 1:77-79)
Alma (LDS 7:9) (RLDS 5:17-18)
Alma (LDS 7:20) (RLDS 5:5:34-35)
3 Nephi (LDS 27:33) (RLDS 11:13)
Mormon (LDS 9:20) (RLDS 4:83)
Moroni (LDS 8:16) (RLDS 8:17-18)
John 14:6
Moroni (LDS 7:25-37) (RLDS 7:24-42)
Deuteronomy 11:18
Jeremiah 31:33
D&C (LDS 11:16-22) (RLDS 10) (1833 10) (1835 37) (1844 37)
Matthew (JST 7:1-9) (KJV 7:1-5)
Mosiah (LDS 23:13-18) (RLDS 11:13-20)
Proverbs 13:20
Psalm 119:105
Proverbs 6:23
Proverbs 4:18-19
Isaiah 8:20
D&C (LDS 84:45) (RLDS 83) (1835 4) (1844)
Moroni (LDS 7:18-19) (RLDS 7:17-18)
Deuteronomy 17:5
Luke 17:26-30
Matthew 24:12
Matthew 22:36-40
Mosiah (LDS 2:4) (RLDS 1:31-32)
Romans 6:14-18
Mosiah (LDS 13:28) (RLDS 8:5)
D&C (LDS 88:34-35) (RLDS 85) (1835 7) (1844)
Mosiah (LDS 15:26-27) (RLDS 8:61-65)
Alma (LDS 11:37) (RLDS 8:91-92)
Helaman (LDS 5:10) (RLDS 2:72)
1 John 3:4
Mosiah (LDS 26:29) (RLDS 11:137-138)
Matthew 7:21-23 [3 Nephi (LDS 12:21-23) (RLDS 5:69-71)]
Ecclesiastes 12:13
2 Nephi (LDS 26:27) (RLDS 11:102-103)
Jacob (LDS 2:21) (RLDS 2:26-28)
Hosea 4:6
Alma (LDS 12:10-11) (RLDS 9:17-21)
2 Nephi (LDS 26:22) (RLDS 11:93-94)
John 18:20-21
2 Nephi (LDS 28:9) (RLDS 12:12)
1 Nephi (LDS 2:8-24) (RLDS 1:35-58)
Deuteronomy 28:11
Deuteronomy 28:13
Deuteronomy 27:8
Exodus 19:5
Deuteronomy 7:6
Alma (LDS 5:43-49) (RLDS 3:71-86)
Alma (LDS 13:17-19) (RLDS 10:11-15)
2 Nephi (LDS 1:24) (RLDS 1:40-42)
2 Nephi (LDS 25:4-5) (RLDS 11:5-8)
1 Nephi (LDS 19:1-4) (RLDS 5:218-226)
2 Nephi (LDS 1:25-27) (RLDS 1:43-51)
2 Nephi (LDS 9:47-49) (RLDS 6:94-98)
Moroni (LDS 7:15) (RLDS 7:13)
2 Nephi (LDS 2:5-7) (RLDS 1:67-72)
2 Nephi (LDS 2:10) (RLDS 1:78-80)
2 Nephi (LDS 2:13) (RLDS 1:88-93)
Alma (LDS 42:14-26) (RLDS 19:96-109)
Deuteronomy 8:3
Matthew 4:4
Joshua 1:6-9
D&C (LDS 84:57) (RLDS 83) (1835 4) (1844 4)
ALL Things You Should DO Chiasmi
Alma (LDS 15:3-15) (RLDS 10:89-106) in Health
Lamentations 4:7
A Her Nazarites [Nazarenes] were purer than snow [righteous],
B they were whiter than milk [kept the commandments],
A they were more ruddy [red] in body than rubies [wisdom],
B their polishing was of sapphire [10 commandments]:
Nazarene
Books:
The Book of Mormon text reformatted according to parallelistic patterns
Preserved in Translation: Hebrew and Other Ancient Literary Forms in the Book of Mormon
PDF:
Poetic Parallelisms in the Book of Mormon (backup)
Lots of great Biblical and Book of Mormon examples of chiasms.
The Witness, FRAA, May 198
Visual Scriptures by D Lynn Johnson
- Pattern in Scripture: The Visual Scriptures (Intro on Latter Day Saint Mag)
- D. Lynn Johnson’s Visual Scriptures (Facebook group)
- The Visual Scriptures: Selections from the LDS Standard Works, reformatted to show the literary structures.
1 Nephi Chiasmus (RLDS verses) from The Zarahemla Record, Issues 17 18, Summer and Fall 1982 (additional issues can be found here)
Genesis 1:1-2:25 with a center/focus of YHWH blesses and sanctifies.
LITERARY ANALYSIS OF GENESIS 1:1—2:3 (backup)
Genesis 6:9-9:19 centers on God remembers Noah in Genesis 8:1
The right conclusion from the wrong interpretation
Brett L Dennis with BibleBoM.com
Seeking YHWH 