<div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200000">Book of Mormon</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1206237">Ether</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1206423">Chapter 8</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1206439">Verse 16</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1206438">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1206440">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>Original Chapter 3. Comprising chapters 6 to 8 inclusive.</em></p><p>And they were kept up by the power of the devil to administer these oaths unto the people, to keep them in darkness, to help such as sought power to gain power, and to murder, and to plunder, and to lie, and to commit all manner of wickedness and whoredoms.</p><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200000">Book of Mormon</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1206237">Ether</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1206423">Chapter 8</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1206439">Verse 16</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1206438">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1206440">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><div class="lds_official">[<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/8/16">View Ether Chapter 8 Verse 16 at the Official LDS Website</a>]</div>