Unit 101
power
10 occurrences in 8 verses
Ether 7:13, 19, 25,
Ether 8:15, 16, 22, 23, 26
Ether 7:13
And Corihor repented of the many evils which he had done;
wherefore Shule gave him power in his kingdom.
Ether 7:19
Wherefore, the son of Noah did build up his kingdom in his stead;
nevertheless they did not gain power any more over Shule the king,
and the people who were under the reign of Shule the king
did prosper exceedingly and wax great.
Ether 7:25
And he did execute a law throughout all the land,
which gave power unto the prophets
that they should go whithersoever they would;
and by this cause the people were brought unto repentance.
Ether 8:15
And it came to pass that thus they did agree with Akish.
And Akish did administer unto them the oaths
which were given by them of old who also sought power,
which had been handed down even from Cain,
who was a murderer from the beginning.
Ether 8:16
And they were kept up by the power of the devil
to administer these oaths unto the people, to keep them in darkness,
to help such as sought power to gain power,
and to murder, and to plunder, and to lie,
and to commit all manner of wickedness and whoredoms.
Ether 8:22
And whatsoever nation shall uphold such secret combinations,
to get power and gain,
until they shall spread over the nation,
behold, they shall be destroyed;
for the Lord will not suffer
that the blood of his saints, which shall be shed by them,
shall always cry unto him from the ground for vengeance upon them
and yet he avenge them not.
Ether 8:23
Wherefore, O ye Gentiles,
it is wisdom in God that these things should be shown unto you,
that thereby ye may repent of your sins,
and suffer not that these murderous combinations shall get above you,
which are built up to get power and gain —
and the work, yea, even the work of destruction come upon you,
yea, even the sword of the justice of the Eternal God shall fall upon you,
to your overthrow and destruction
if ye shall suffer these things to be.
Ether 8:26
Wherefore, I, Moroni, am commanded to write these things
that evil may be done away,
and that the time may come
that Satan may have no power upon the hearts of the children of men,
but that they may be persuaded to do good continually,
that they may come unto the fountain of all righteousness and be saved.