<div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200000">Book of Mormon</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200643">2 Nephi</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200677">Chapter 2</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200689">Verse 12</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1200688">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1200690">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>The words, blessings, and prophecies of Lehi to his posterity.  Comprising chapters 1 to 4 inclusive.</em></p><p><em>Original Chapter 1.  Comprising chapters 1 and 2.</em></p><p>Wherefore, it must needs have been created for a thing of naught; wherefore there would have been no purpose in the end of its creation.  Wherefore, this thing must needs destroy the wisdom of God and his eternal purposes, and also the power, and the mercy, and the justice of God.</p><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200000">Book of Mormon</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200643">2 Nephi</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200677">Chapter 2</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200689">Verse 12</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1200688">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1200690">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><div class="lds_official">[<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/2/12">View 2 Nephi Chapter 2 Verse 12 at the Official LDS Website</a>]</div>