<div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200000">Book of Mormon</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200002">1 Nephi</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200414">Chapter 16</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200416">Verse 2</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1200415">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1200417">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>Original Chapter 5.  Comprising chapter 16 to chapter 19 verse 21.</em></p><p>And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew that I had spoken hard things against the wicked, according to the truth; and the righteous have I justified, and testified that they should be lifted up at the last day; wherefore, the guilty taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center.</p><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200000">Book of Mormon</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200002">1 Nephi</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200414">Chapter 16</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200416">Verse 2</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1200415">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1200417">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><div class="lds_official">[<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_ne/16/2">View 1 Nephi Chapter 16 Verse 2 at the Official LDS Website</a>]</div>