Exodus 11:10 Agency is so sacred that He will never force the human heart.

Elder Gerald N. Lund of the Seventy:

“Individual agency is so sacred that Heavenly Father will never force the human heart, even with all His infinite power. Man may try to do so, but God does not. To put it another way, God allows us to be the guardians, or the gatekeepers, of our own hearts. We must, of our own free will, open our hearts to the Spirit, for He will not force Himself upon us” (“Opening Our Hearts,” Ensign May 2008, 33)

Exodus 3:11 This is the Lords work and we are entitled to His help.

President Monson

“Now, some of you may be shy by nature or consider yourselves inadequate to respond affirmatively to a calling. Remember that this is not yours and mine alone. It is the Lord’s work, and when we are on the Lord’s errand, we are entitled to the Lord’s help. Remember that whom the Lord calls, the Lord qualifies” (Duty Calls,”  Ensign, May 1996, 44)

Exodus 1:20 We may need to be courageous in plain view of our peers

Elder Stevenson:

“There will be times when you….will have to demonstrate your righteous courage in plain view of your peers, the consequence of which may be ridicule and embarrassment….He will reward you for your courage and righteous behavior – with happiness and joy. Such courage will be a byproduct of you faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, your prayer, and your obedience to commandments” (Be Valiant in Courage, Strength, and Activity,” Ensign Nov 2012)

Gen 42:21-22. Guilt is a warning of danger and a protection from additional damage

Elder Bednar taught:

All of us have experienced the pain associated with a physical injury or wound. When we are in pain, we typically seek relief and are grateful for the medication and treatments that help to alleviate our suffering. Consider sin as a spiritual wound that causes guilt…. Guilt is to our spirit what pain is to our body – a warning of danger and a protection from additional damage” (We Believe in Being Chaste,” Ensign, May 2013, 44).

Gen 40:23. Some blessings come soon, some late, and some don't come until heaven.

Genesis 40:23

“Don’t give up,…. Don’t you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead—a lot of it…. You keep your chin up. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come.”

“Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don’t come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. (“An High Priest of Good Things to Come”, Elder Holland. Oct General Conference 1999)

Gen 37:4 Don't be jealous. Tearing others down does not elevate your standing.

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland:
"Brothers and sisters, there are going to be times in our lives when someone else gets an unexpected blessing or receives some special recognition. May I plead with us not to be hurt - and certainly not to feel envious - when good fortune comes to another person? We are not diminished when someone else is added upon. We are not in a race against each other to see who is the wealthiest or the most talented or the most beautiful or even the most blessed. The race we are really in is the race against sin, and surely envy is one of the most universal of those.
"Furthermore, envy is a mistake that just keeps on giving. Obviously we suffer a little when some misfortune befalls us, but envy requires us to suffer all good fortune that befalls everyone we know! What a bright prospect that is - downing another quart of pickle juice every time anyone around you has a happy moment!...Coveting, pouting, or tearing others down does not elevate your standing nor does demeaning someone else improve your self-image. So be kind, and be grateful that God is kind. It is a happy way to live" ("The Laborers in the Vineyard," Ensign, May 2012, 31-32).

Gen 34:2-3 Love VS Lust by Elder Holland

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland:

"Love makes us instinctively reach out to God and other people. Lust, on the other hand, is anything but Godly and celebrates self-indulgence. Love comes with open hands and open heart; lust comes with only an open appetite" ("Place No More for the Enemy of My Soul" Ensign May 2010, 45)

REVENGE- Man bites off head of rattler after being bitten.

   Elton, Va. - When Jarrette Arlo Dean got bit by a rattlesnake, he bit back, and took the critter's head to clean off.

   The snake head, severed from its body, bit him twice more before breathing its last.

   Dean, 44, who lives in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, is recuperating at home after being hospitalized several days.

   "They said it was a miracle he's alive," his 19-year-old daughter, Tina, said Saturday.

   Doctors said Dean was in shock when he got to Rockingham Memorial Hospital "and almost dead," according to his daughter.

   His family, from a community called Naked Creek, doesn't know what possessed him to bite off the snake's head last Saturday.

   "He said it had bit him first so he bit it," his daughter said.

   She said her father was riding his bicycle when he spotted the rattler, more than 3 feet long, and got off to catch it. "He's not afraid of snakes," she said.

   Holding the snake in one hand, he continued his trip, but the snake bit him on the thumb and fingers, so he headed for a friends house.

   When he got there, angry at being snake-bit, he retaliated in kind. But when he went to take the head out of his mouth, the dying snake bit him on the tongue and lip.

   Inside the house, his mouth began to swell, so a nephew drove him to the Elkton Emergency Squad, which took him to the hospital.

   He was released Wednesday, but his daughter said he could not speak for several days after the incident. (Rattler gets last bite after man chomps its head. United Press. International Deseret News 8/1/1993)

Genesis 33:1 Two brothers didn't talk for 62 years after a quarrel

President Thomas S. Monson:
"Many years ago I read the following Associated Press dispatch which appeared in the newspaper: An elderly man disclosed at the funeral of his brother, with whom he had shared, from early manhood, a small, one-room cabin near Canisteo, New York, that following a quarrel, they had divided the room in half with a chalk line, and neither had crossed the line or spoken a word to the other since that day - 62 years before. Just think of the consequence of that anger. What a tragedy!"
"May we make a conscious decision, each time such a decision must be made, to refrain from anger and to leave unsaid the harsh and hurtful things we may be tempted to say" ("School Thy Feelings, O My Brother," Ensign, Nov. 2009, 68-69).

Genesis 33:4. None of us can afford to pay the price of hatred

Elder Marion D. Hanks of the Seventy:
"What is our response when we are offended, misunderstood, unfairly or unkindly treated,..? Do we resent, become bitter, hold a grudge? Or do we resolve the problem if we can, forgive, and rid ourselves of the burden?
"The nature of our response to such situations may well determine the nature and quality of our lives, here and eternally....
"Even if it appears that another may be deserving our resentment or hatred, none of us can afford to pay the price of resenting or hating, because of what it does to us" (Forgiveness: The Ultimate Form of Love," Ensign,  Jan 1974,20,21.)