Unit 101

wherefore

13 occurrences in 13 verses

Ether 6:19,

Ether 7:4, 9, 13, 19, 22, 27,

Ether 8:10, 11, 17, 23, 24, 26

Ether 6:19

And the brother of Jared began to be old,

and saw that he must soon go down to the grave;

wherefore he said unto Jared:

Let us gather together our people that we may number them,

that we may know of them what they will desire of us

before we go down to our graves.

Ether 7:4

And when Corihor was thirty and two years old

he rebelled against his father, and went over and dwelt in the land of Nehor;

and he begat sons and daughters,

and they became exceedingly fair;

wherefore Corihor drew away many people after him.

Ether 7:9

wherefore, he came to the hill Ephraim,

and he did molten out of the hill, and made swords out of steel

for those whom he had drawn away with him;

and after he had armed them with swords

he returned to the city Nehor

and gave battle unto his brother Corihor,

by which means he obtained the kingdom

and restored it unto his father Kib.

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 7:22

And now Cohor had a son who was called Nimrod;

and Nimrod gave up the kingdom of Cohor unto Shule,

and he did gain favor in the eyes of Shule;

wherefore Shule did bestow great favors upon him,

and he did do in the kingdom of Shule according to his desires.

Ether 7:27

And there were no more wars in the days of Shule;

and he remembered the great things that the Lord had done for his fathers

in bringing them across the great deep into the promised land;

wherefore he did execute judgment in righteousness all his days.

Ether 8:10

And now, therefore, let my father send for Akish, the son of Kimnor;

and behold, I am fair, and I will dance before him,

and I will please him, that he will desire me to wife;

wherefore if he shall desire of thee

that ye shall give unto him me to wife,

then shall ye say:

I will give her

if ye will bring unto me the head of my father, the king.

Ether 8:11

And now Omer was a friend to Akish;

wherefore, when Jared had sent for Akish,

the daughter of Jared danced before him

that she pleased him,

insomuch that he desired her to wife.

And it came to pass that he said unto Jared:

Give her unto me to wife.

Ether 8:17

And it was the daughter of Jared

who put it into his heart to search up these things of old;

and Jared put it into the heart of Akish;

wherefore, Akish administered it unto his kindred and friends,

leading them away by fair promises to do whatsoever thing he desired.

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 8:24

wherefore, the Lord commandeth you,

when ye shall see these things come among you

that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation,

because of this secret combination which shall be among you;

or wo be unto it, because of the blood of them who have been slain;

for they cry from the dust for vengeance upon it,

and also upon those who built it up.

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.