1 Ne. 20:13; Jacob 2:21; Moses 1:10; refer in this text to Mosiah 2:25-26
“The point he is making is that the dust of the earth is obedient… . Everything in the universe obeys the law given unto it, so far as I know, except man. Everywhere you look you find law and order, the elements obeying the law given to them, true to their calling. But man rebels, and in this thing man is less than the dust of the earth because he rejects the counsels of the Lord… .” (Joseph Fielding Smith, Conference Report, Apr. 1929, pp. 54-55)