Unit 28

them

11 occurrences in 7 verses

Enos 1:9, 10, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23

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 1:14

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 1:16

And I had faith, and I did cry unto God

that he would preserve the records;

and he covenanted with me

that he would bring them forth unto the Lamanites in his own due time.

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 1:20

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 1:23

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.