John Welch has noted that Jacob makes ten statements in his sermon in 2 Nephi 9:27-38 all of which begin with the word "wo." (John W. Welch, "Jacob's Ten Commandments," in F.A.R.M.S. Update, March 1985. He suggests Jacob was deliberately imitating the Decalogue, setting forth ten of the basic tenets of Nephite religion. In this list are included "Wo unto the liar" (2 Nephi 9:34); "Wo unto the murderer who deliberately killeth" (2 Nephi 9:35); "Wo unto them who commit whoredoms" (2 Nephi 9:36); and "Wo unto those that worship idols" (2 Nephi 9:37). [David Roth Seely, "The Ten Commandments in the Book of Mormon," in Doctrines of the Book of Mormon, p. 180]