Book of Mormon Parables
A list of Book of Mormon passages that use symbolic language. 1 Nephi 2:6-10 He pitched his tent in a valley by the side of a river of water, ... and when my father saw that the waters of the river emptied into the fountain of the Red Sea, he spake unto Laman, saying, "O that thou mightest be like unto this river: continually running into the fountain of all righteousness," and he also spake unto Lemuel, "O that thou mightest be like unto this valley: firm and steadfast and immovable in keeping the commandments of the Lord!" 1 Nephi 8:2-35 While my father tarried in the wilderness, he spake unto us, saying: Behold, I have dreamed a dream, or in other words, I have seen a vision. And behold, because of the thing which I have seen, I have reason to rejoice in the Lord because of Nephi and also of Sam, for I have reason to suppose that they, and also many of their seed, will be saved. But behold, Laman and Lemuel, I fear exceedingly because of you. For behold, met...