Unit 28

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23 occurrences in 17 verses

Enos 1:1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26

Enos 1:1

Behold, it came to pass that

I, Enos, knowing my father that he was a just man —

for he taught me in his language,

and also in the nurture and admonition of the Lord —

and blessed be the name of my God for it —

Enos 1:4

And my soul hungered;

and I kneeled down before my Maker,

and I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul;

and all the day long did I cry unto him;

yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high

that it reached the heavens.

Enos 1:7

And I said: Lord,

how is it done?

Enos 1:9

Now, it came to pass that when I had heard these words

I began to feel a desire for the welfare of my brethren, the Nephites;

wherefore, I did pour out my whole soul unto God for them.

Enos 1:10

And while I was thus struggling in the spirit,

behold, the voice of the Lord came into my mind again, saying:

I will visit thy brethren

according to their diligence in keeping my commandments.

I have given unto them this land,

and it is a holy land;

and I curse it not save it be for the cause of iniquity;

wherefore, I will visit thy brethren according as I have said;

and their transgressions will I bring down with sorrow upon their own heads.

Enos 1:12

And it came to pass that

after I had prayed and labored with all diligence,

the Lord said unto me:

I will grant unto thee according to thy desires, because of thy faith.

Enos 1:13

And now behold, this was the desire which I desired of him —

that if it should so be, that my people, the Nephites, should fall into transgression,

and by any means be destroyed, and the Lamanites should not be destroyed,

that the Lord God would preserve a record of my people, the Nephites;

even if it so be by the power of his holy arm,

that it might be brought forth at some future day unto the Lamanites,

that, perhaps, they might be brought unto salvation —

Enos 1:14

For at the present our strugglings were vain

in restoring them to the true faith.

And they swore in their wrath

that, if it were possible,

they would destroy our records and us,

and also all the traditions of our fathers.

Enos 1:15

Wherefore, I knowing

that the Lord God was able to preserve our records,

I cried unto him continually,

for he had said unto me:

Whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith,

believing that ye shall receive

in the name of Christ,

ye shall receive it.

Enos 1:17

And I, Enos, knew it would be according to the covenant which he had made;

wherefore my soul did rest.

Enos 1:18

And the Lord said unto me:

Thy fathers have also required of me this thing;

and it shall be done unto them according to their faith;

for their faith was like unto thine.

Enos 1:19

And now it came to pass that

I, Enos, went about among the people of Nephi,

prophesying of things to come,

and testifying of the things which I had heard and seen.

Enos 1:20

And I bear record that the people of Nephi did seek diligently

to restore the Lamanites unto the true faith in God.

But our labors were vain;

their hatred was fixed,

and they were led by their evil nature

that they became wild, and ferocious,

and a blood-thirsty people, full of idolatry and filthiness;

feeding upon beasts of prey;

dwelling in tents, and wandering about in the wilderness

with a short skin girdle about their loins and their heads shaven;

and their skill was in the bow, and in the cimeter, and the ax.

And many of them did eat nothing save it was raw meat;

and they were continually seeking to destroy us.

Enos 1:21

And it came to pass that the people of Nephi did till the land,

and raise all manner of grain, and of fruit,

and flocks of herds, and flocks of all manner of cattle of every kind,

and goats, and wild goats, and also many horses.

Enos 1:23

And there was nothing save it was exceeding harshness,

preaching and prophesying of wars, and contentions, and destructions,

and continually reminding them of death,

and the duration of eternity, and the judgments and the power of God,

and all these things — stirring them up continually

to keep them in the fear of the Lord.

I say there was nothing short of these things,

and exceedingly great plainness of speech,

would keep them from going down speedily to destruction.

And after this manner do I write concerning them.

Enos 1:25

And it came to pass that I began to be old,

and an hundred and seventy and nine years had passed away

from the time that our father Lehi left Jerusalem.

Enos 1:26

And I saw that I must soon go down to my grave,

having been wrought upon by the power of God

that I must preach and prophesy unto this people,

and declare the word according to the truth which is in Christ.

And I have declared it in all my days,

and have rejoiced in it above that of the world.