Doctrine and CovenantsMormonism / Latter-day SaintsModern Religious TextEnglishShareDoctrine and Covenants 89LDS Documentation Project - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableLDS Documentation ProjectLanguageEnglishEspañol‹Doctrine and Covenants 1Doctrine and Covenants 2Doctrine and Covenants 3Doctrine and Covenants 4Doctrine and Covenants 5Doctrine and Covenants 6Doctrine and Covenants 7Doctrine and Covenants 8Doctrine and Covenants 9Doctrine and Covenants 10Doctrine and Covenants 11Doctrine and Covenants 12Doctrine and Covenants 13Doctrine and Covenants 14Doctrine and Covenants 15Doctrine and Covenants 16Doctrine and Covenants 17Doctrine and Covenants 18Doctrine and Covenants 19Doctrine and Covenants 20Doctrine and Covenants 21Doctrine and Covenants 22Doctrine and Covenants 23Doctrine and Covenants 24Doctrine and Covenants 25Doctrine and Covenants 26Doctrine and Covenants 27Doctrine and Covenants 28Doctrine and Covenants 29Doctrine and Covenants 30Doctrine and Covenants 31Doctrine and Covenants 32Doctrine and Covenants 33Doctrine and Covenants 34Doctrine and Covenants 35Doctrine and Covenants 36Doctrine and Covenants 37Doctrine and Covenants 38Doctrine and Covenants 39Doctrine and Covenants 40Doctrine and Covenants 41Doctrine and Covenants 42Doctrine and Covenants 43Doctrine and Covenants 44Doctrine and Covenants 45Doctrine and Covenants 46Doctrine and Covenants 47Doctrine and Covenants 48Doctrine and Covenants 49Doctrine and Covenants 50Doctrine and Covenants 51Doctrine and Covenants 52Doctrine and Covenants 53Doctrine and Covenants 54Doctrine and Covenants 55Doctrine and Covenants 56Doctrine and Covenants 57Doctrine and Covenants 58Doctrine and Covenants 59Doctrine and Covenants 60Doctrine and Covenants 61Doctrine and Covenants 62Doctrine and Covenants 63Doctrine and Covenants 64Doctrine and Covenants 65Doctrine and Covenants 66Doctrine and Covenants 67Doctrine and Covenants 68Doctrine and Covenants 69Doctrine and Covenants 70Doctrine and Covenants 71Doctrine and Covenants 72Doctrine and Covenants 73Doctrine and Covenants 74Doctrine and Covenants 75Doctrine and Covenants 76Doctrine and Covenants 77Doctrine and Covenants 78Doctrine and Covenants 79Doctrine and Covenants 80Doctrine and Covenants 81Doctrine and Covenants 82Doctrine and Covenants 83Doctrine and Covenants 84Doctrine and Covenants 85Doctrine and Covenants 86Doctrine and Covenants 87Doctrine and Covenants 88Doctrine and Covenants 89Doctrine and Covenants 90Doctrine and Covenants 91Doctrine and Covenants 92Doctrine and Covenants 93Doctrine and Covenants 94Doctrine and Covenants 95Doctrine and Covenants 96Doctrine and Covenants 97Doctrine and Covenants 98Doctrine and Covenants 99Doctrine and Covenants 100Doctrine and Covenants 101Doctrine and Covenants 102Doctrine and Covenants 103Doctrine and Covenants 104Doctrine and Covenants 105Doctrine and Covenants 106Doctrine and Covenants 107Doctrine and Covenants 108Doctrine and Covenants 109Doctrine and Covenants 110Doctrine and Covenants 111Doctrine and Covenants 112Doctrine and Covenants 113Doctrine and Covenants 114Doctrine and Covenants 115Doctrine and Covenants 116Doctrine and Covenants 117Doctrine and Covenants 118Doctrine and Covenants 119Doctrine and Covenants 120Doctrine and Covenants 121Doctrine and Covenants 122Doctrine and Covenants 123Doctrine and Covenants 124Doctrine and Covenants 125Doctrine and Covenants 126Doctrine and Covenants 127Doctrine and Covenants 128Doctrine and Covenants 129Doctrine and Covenants 130Doctrine and Covenants 131Doctrine and Covenants 132Doctrine and Covenants 133Doctrine and Covenants 134Doctrine and Covenants 135Doctrine and Covenants 136Doctrine and Covenants 137Doctrine and Covenants 138›Doctrine and Covenants 89Doctrine and Covenants 89ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1A Word of Wisdom, for the benefit of the council of high priests, assembled in Kirtland, and the church, and also the saints in Zion-- 2To be sent greeting; not by commandment or constraint, but by revelation and the word of wisdom, showing forth the order and will of God in the temporal salvation of all saints in the last days-- 3Given for a principle with promise, adapted to the capacity of the weak and the weakest of all saints, who are or can be called saints. 4Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord unto you: In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation-- 5That inasmuch as any man drinketh wine or strong drink among you, behold it is not good, neither meet in the sight of your Father, only in assembling yourselves together to offer up your sacraments before him. 6And, behold, this should be wine, yea, pure wine of the grape of the vine, of your own make. 7And, again, strong drinks are not for the belly, but for the washing of your bodies. 8And again, tobacco is not for the body, neither for the belly, and is not good for man, but is an herb for bruises and all sick cattle, to be used with judgment and skill. 9And again, hot drinks are not for the body or belly. 10And again, verily I say unto you, all wholesome herbs God hath ordained for the constitution, nature, and use of man-- 11Every herb in the season thereof, and every fruit in the season thereof; all these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving. 12Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly; 13And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used, only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine. 14All grain is ordained for the use of man and of beasts, to be the staff of life, not only for man but for the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven, and all wild animals that run or creep on the earth; 15And these hath God made for the use of man only in times of famine and excess of hunger. 16All grain is good for the food of man; as also the fruit of the vine; that which yieldeth fruit, whether in the ground or above the ground-- 17Nevertheless, wheat for man, and corn for the ox, and oats for the horse, and rye for the fowls and for swine, and for all beasts of the field, and barley for all useful animals, and for mild drinks, as also other grain. 18And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments, shall receive health in their navel and marrow to their bones; 19And shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures; 20And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint. 21And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the destroying angel shall pass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them. 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