1- The records shall grow together unto the confounding of false doctrines, laying down of contentions, establishing peace, and bringing us to the knowledge of our fathers and of God's covenants (2Nephi3:12)
2- My soul delighteth in the scriptures and my heart pondereth them and writeth them for the learning and profit of my children (2Nephi4:15)
3- I did teach the people to build buildings and work and I did cause my people to be industrious and to labor with their hands (2Nephi 5:15,17)