"the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray" (2 Nephi 32:8). Our prayer behavior, therefore, indicates which spirit is influencing us.


Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., eds., Second Nephi: The Doctrinal Structure [Provo: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1989], 357 - 358.)