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This form consists of two lines of text: the idea or subject of the first line is either repeated directly or echoed (in what is termed a "synonymous repetition") in the second line. An example appears in 2 Nephi 9:52:
:pray unto him continually by day, :and give thanks unto his holy name by night
In this example the verb pray in line 1 is a synonymous counterpart to give thanks in line 2, and the phrase by day corresponds to by night. A third parallel is the correspondence between the pronoun him and his holy name, both referring to God.
A second example of synonymous parallelism is found in 2 Nephi 25:2:
:their works were works of darkness, :and their doings were doings of abominations
Note the parallels between these two lines: the possessive pronoun their and the verb were are repeated, and the phrase works of darkness is a synonymous expression for doings of abominations.
Speaking of those who deny the works of God, the writer of 3 Nephi 29:5 crafted a synonymous parallelism by restating wo unto him and by pairing that spurneth with that shall deny, Lord with Christ, and doings with works.
:Wo unto him that spurneth at the doings of the Lord;
:yea, wo unto him that shall deny the Christ and his works![1]
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