Unit 102

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59 occurrences in 36 verses

Ether 9:1, 5, 10, 11, 12, 16, 19, 20, 28, 29, 33, 34, 35,

Ether 10:6, 10, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33,

Ether 11:1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 20, 22

Ether 9:1

And now I, Moroni, proceed with my record.

Therefore, behold, it came to pass that

because of the secret combinations of Akish and his friends,

behold, they did overthrow the kingdom of Omer.

Ether 9:5

And it came to pass that Akish sought the life of his father-in-law;

and he applied unto those whom he had sworn by the oath of the ancients,

and they obtained the head of his father-in-law,

as he sat upon his throne, giving audience to his people.

Ether 9:10

And it came to pass that Akish begat other sons,

and they won the hearts of the people,

notwithstanding they had sworn unto him

to do all manner of iniquity according to that which he desired.

Ether 9:11

Now the people of Akish were desirous for gain,

even as Akish was desirous for power;

wherefore, the sons of Akish did offer them money,

by which means they drew away the more part of the people after them.

Ether 9:12

And there began to be a war between the sons of Akish and Akish,

which lasted for the space of many years,

yea, unto the destruction of nearly all the people of the kingdom,

yea, even all, save it were thirty souls,

and they who fled with the house of Omer.

Ether 9:16

And the Lord began again to take the curse from off the land,

and the house of Emer did prosper exceedingly under the reign of Emer;

and in the space of sixty and two years they had become exceedingly strong,

insomuch that they became exceedingly rich —

Ether 9:19

And they also had horses, and asses,

and there were elephants and cureloms and cumoms;

all of which were useful unto man,

and more especially the elephants and cureloms and cumoms.

Ether 9:20

And thus the Lord did pour out his blessings upon this land,

which was choice above all other lands;

and he commanded that whoso should possess the land

should possess it unto the Lord,

or they should be destroyed when they were ripened in iniquity;

for upon such, saith the Lord: I will pour out the fulness of my wrath.

Ether 9:28

And there came prophets in the land again,

crying repentance unto them —

that they must prepare the way of the Lord

or there should come a curse upon the face of the land;

yea, even there should be a great famine,

in which they should be destroyed if they did not repent.

Ether 9:29

But the people believed not the words of the prophets,

but they cast them out;

and some of them they cast into pits and left them to perish.

And it came to pass that they did all these things

according to the commandment of the king, Heth.

Ether 9:33

And it came to pass that the Lord did cause the serpents

that they should pursue them no more,

but that they should hedge up the way

that the people could not pass,

that whoso should attempt to pass might fall by the poisonous serpents.

Ether 9:34

And it came to pass that the people did follow the course of the beasts,

and did devour the carcasses of them which fell by the way,

until they had devoured them all.

Now when the people saw that they must perish

they began to repent of their iniquities and cry unto the Lord.

Ether 9:35

And it came to pass that

when they had humbled themselves sufficiently before the Lord

he did send rain upon the face of the earth;

and the people began to revive again,

and there began to be fruit in the north countries,

and in all the countries round about.

And the Lord did show forth his power unto them in preserving them from famine.

Ether 10:6

And he did erect him an exceedingly beautiful throne;

and he did build many prisons,

and whoso would not be subject unto taxes he did cast into prison;

and whoso was not able to pay taxes he did cast into prison;

and he did cause that they should labor continually for their support;

and whoso refused to labor he did cause to be put to death.

Ether 10:10

And after that he had established himself king

he did ease the burden of the people,

by which he did gain favor in the eyes of the people,

and they did anoint him to be their king.

Ether 10:19

And it came to pass that

Lib also did that which was good in the sight of the Lord.

And in the days of Lib the poisonous serpents were destroyed.

Wherefore they did go into the land southward,

to hunt food for the people of the land,

for the land was covered with animals of the forest.

And Lib also himself became a great hunter.

Ether 10:20

And they built a great city by the narrow neck of land,

by the place where the sea divides the land.

Ether 10:21

And they did preserve the land southward for a wilderness, to get game.

And the whole face of the land northward was covered with inhabitants.

Ether 10:22

And they were exceedingly industrious,

and they did buy and sell and traffic one with another, that they might get gain.

Ether 10:23

And they did work in all manner of ore,

and they did make gold, and silver, and iron, and brass, and all manner of metals;

and they did dig it out of the earth;

wherefore, they did cast up mighty heaps of earth to get ore,

of gold, and of silver, and of iron, and of copper.

And they did work all manner of fine work.

Ether 10:24

And they did have silks, and fine-twined linen;

and they did work all manner of cloth,

that they might clothe themselves from their nakedness.

Ether 10:25

And they did make all manner of tools to till the earth,

both to plow and to sow, to reap and to hoe, and also to thrash.

Ether 10:26

And they did make all manner of tools

with which they did work their beasts.

Ether 10:27

And they did make all manner of weapons of war.

And they did work all manner of work of exceedingly curious workmanship.

Ether 10:28

And never could be a people more blessed than were they,

and more prospered by the hand of the Lord.

And they were in a land that was choice above all lands,

for the Lord had spoken it.

Ether 10:32

And it came to pass that Com drew away the half of the kingdom.

And he reigned over the half of the kingdom forty and two years;

and he went to battle against the king, Amgid,

and they fought for the space of many years,

during which time Com gained power over Amgid,

and obtained power over the remainder of the kingdom.

Ether 10:33

And in the days of Com there began to be robbers in the land;

and they adopted the old plans,

and administered oaths after the manner of the ancients,

and sought again to destroy the kingdom.

Ether 11:1

And there came also in the days of Com many prophets,

and prophesied of the destruction of that great people

except they should repent, and turn unto the Lord,

and forsake their murders and wickedness.

Ether 11:2

And it came to pass that the prophets were rejected by the people,

and they fled unto Com for protection,

for the people sought to destroy them.

Ether 11:3

And they prophesied unto Com many things;

and he was blessed in all the remainder of his days.

Ether 11:6

And there was great calamity in all the land,

for they had testified that a great curse should come upon the land,

and also upon the people,

and that there should be a great destruction among them,

such an one as never had been upon the face of the earth,

and their bones should become as heaps of earth upon the face of the land

except they should repent of their wickedness.

Ether 11:7

And they hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord,

because of their wicked combinations;

wherefore, there began to be wars and contentions in all the land,

and also many famines and pestilences,

insomuch that there was a great destruction,

such an one as never had been known upon the face of the earth;

and all this came to pass in the days of Shiblom.

Ether 11:8

And the people began to repent of their iniquity;

and inasmuch as they did the Lord did have mercy on them.

Ether 11:12

And it came to pass that in the days of Ethem

there came many prophets, and prophesied again unto the people;

yea, they did prophesy that the Lord would utterly destroy them

from off the face of the earth

except they repented of their iniquities.

Ether 11:20

And in the days of Coriantor there also came many prophets,

and prophesied of great and marvelous things,

and cried repentance unto the people,

and except they should repent

the Lord God would execute judgment against them to their utter destruction;

Ether 11:22

And they did reject all the words of the prophets,

because of their secret society and wicked abominations.