- The Word of Wisdom requirement in the temple recommend interview was in place for many years before Prohibition was repealed The temple recommend requirement was in place by 1919. Prohibition wasn't repealed until 1933.
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Doctrine and Covenants 89
2 To be sent greeting; not by commandment or constraint, but by revelation and the
word of wisdom, showing forth the order and
will of God in the temporal salvation of all saints in the last days
Although the Word of Wisdom was received on 27 February 1833, its acceptance by individual members of the Church was gradual. On 9 September 1851, some eighteen years after it was given, the Patriarch to the Church, John Smith, delivered a talk in general conference on the Word of Wisdom. During his address, President Brigham Young arose and proposed that all Saints formally covenant to abstain from tea, coffee, tobacco, whiskey, and “all things mentioned in the Word of Wisdom” (“Minutes of the General Conference,”
Millennial Star, 1 Feb. 1852, p. 35). The motion was accepted unanimously and became binding as a commandment for all Church members thereafter.
Section 89, The Word of Wisdom-Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual
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Which scripture verse refers to it as a commandment?