(Teachings and Commandments) Section 82:19

And the whole world lies in sin and groans under darkness and under the bondage of sin, and by this you may know they are under the bondage of sin, because they come not unto me, for whoever comes not unto me is under the bondage of sin. ... And by this you may know the righteous from the wicked, and that the whole world groans under sin and darkness, even now.

(Teachings and Commandments) Section 159:16

Our failures are mourned in the corridors of Heaven with groans for our shortcomings.

(Teachings and Commandments) Section 157:63

The earth groans under the wickedness of mankind upon her face, and she longs for peace to come.

(Teachings and Commandments) Section 139:14

It is an imperious duty that we owe to God, to angels with whom we shall be brought to stand, and also to ourselves, to our wives, and our children who have been made to bow down with grief, sorrow, and care under the most damning hand of murder, tyranny, and oppression, supported, and urged on, and upheld by the influence of that spirit which has so strongly riveted the creeds of the fathers, who have inherited lies upon the hearts of the children, and filled the world with confusion, and has been growing stronger and stronger, and is now the very mainspring of all corruption, and the whole earth groans under the weight of its iniquity.

(Teachings and Commandments) Section 139:4

And if there are any among you who aspire after their own aggrandizement, and seek their own opulence, while their brethren are groaning in poverty, and are under sore trials and temptations, they cannot be benefited by the intercession of the holy spirit, which makes intercession for us day and night with groaning that cannot be uttered.