Unit 31

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10 occurrences in 8 verses

the Words of Mormon 1:2, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16

the Words of Mormon 1:2

And it is many hundred years after the coming of Christ

that I deliver these records into the hands of my son;

and it supposeth me that he will witness the entire destruction of my people.

But may God grant that he may survive them,

that he may write somewhat concerning them,

and somewhat concerning Christ,

that perhaps some day it may profit them.

the Words of Mormon 1:7

And I do this for a wise purpose;

for thus it whispereth me,

according to the workings of the Spirit of the Lord which is in me.

And now, I do not know all things;

but the Lord knoweth all things which are to come;

wherefore, he worketh in me to do according to his will.

the Words of Mormon 1:9

And now I, Mormon, proceed to finish out my record,

which I take from the plates of Nephi;

and I make it according to the knowledge and the understanding

which God has given me.

the Words of Mormon 1:10

Wherefore, it came to pass that

after Amaleki had delivered up these plates into the hands of king Benjamin,

he took them and put them with the other plates,

which contained records which had been handed down

by the kings, from generation to generation until the days of king Benjamin.

the Words of Mormon 1:13

And it came to pass also that the armies of the Lamanites came down

out of the land of Nephi, to battle against his people.

But behold, king Benjamin gathered together his armies,

and he did stand against them;

and he did fight with the strength of his own arm, with the sword of Laban.

the Words of Mormon 1:14

And in the strength of the Lord they did contend against their enemies,

until they had slain many thousands of the Lamanites.

And it came to pass that they did contend against the Lamanites

until they had driven them out of all the lands of their inheritance.

the Words of Mormon 1:15

And it came to pass that after there had been false Christs,

and their mouths had been shut,

and they punished according to their crimes;

the Words of Mormon 1:16

And after there had been false prophets,

and false preachers and teachers among the people,

and all these having been punished according to their crimes;

and after there having been much contention

and many dissensions away unto the Lamanites,

behold, it came to pass that king Benjamin,

with the assistance of the holy prophets who were among his people —