<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=1200150">Chapter 7</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200158">Verse 8</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1200157">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1200159">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>Original Chapter 2.  Comprising chapters 6 to 9 inclusive.</em></p><p>And now I, Nephi, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, therefore I spake unto them, saying, yea, even unto Laman and unto Lemuel: Behold ye are mine elder brethren, and how is it that ye are so hard in your hearts, and so blind in your minds, that ye have need that I, your younger brother, should speak unto you, yea, and set an example for you?</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=1200150">Chapter 7</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200158">Verse 8</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1200157">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1200159">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><div class="lds_official">[<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_ne/7/8">View 1 Nephi Chapter 7 Verse 8 at the Official LDS Website</a>]</div>