“This He Spake Because of the Stiffneckedness of Laman and Lemuel”

"The neck typifies the spirit and attitude of nations and men, usually denoting callousness and hardness (2 Ne. 6:102 Ne. 6:10; Prov. 29:1Prov. 29:1). Men having necks of 'iron sinew' (1 Ne. 20:41 Ne. 20:4) or having 'stiffness of necks' (2 Ne. 25:122 Ne. 25:12; 1 Ne. 2:111 Ne. 2:11 ) are those who are unable to glance sidewards at the concerns of their neighbor or to look upward toward their Creator." (Joseph Fielding McConkie and Donald W. Parry, A Guide to Scriptural Symbols, "Neck")