Unit 32

therefore

19 occurrences in 15 verses

Mosiah 1:4, 9, 10, 17,

Mosiah 2:7, 8, 22, 24, 27, 35, 37, 38, 39,

Mosiah 3:25, 26

Mosiah 1:4

For it were not possible

that our father, Lehi, could have remembered all these things,

to have taught them to his children,

except it were for the help of these plates;

for he having been taught in the language of the Egyptians

therefore he could read these engravings, and teach them to his children,

that thereby they could teach them to their children,

and so fulfilling the commandments of God,

even down to this present time.

Mosiah 1:9

And it came to pass that

after king Benjamin had made an end of teaching his sons,

that he waxed old,

and he saw that he must very soon go the way of all the earth;

therefore, he thought it expedient

that he should confer the kingdom upon one of his sons.

Mosiah 1:10

therefore, he had Mosiah brought before him;

and these are the words which he spake unto him, saying:

My son, I would that ye should make a proclamation

throughout all this land among all this people,

or the people of Zarahemla, and the people of Mosiah who dwell in the land,

that thereby they may be gathered together;

for on the morrow I shall proclaim unto this my people out of mine own mouth

that thou art a king and a ruler over this people,

whom the Lord our God hath given us.

Mosiah 1:17

therefore, as they were unfaithful

they did not prosper nor progress in their journey,

but were driven back, and incurred the displeasure of God upon them;

and therefore they were smitten with famine and sore afflictions,

to stir them up in remembrance of their duty.

Mosiah 2:7

For the multitude being so great

that king Benjamin could not teach them all within the walls of the temple,

therefore he caused a tower to be erected,

that thereby his people might hear the words which he should speak unto them.

Mosiah 2:8

And it came to pass that

he began to speak to his people from the tower;

and they could not all hear his words because of the greatness of the multitude;

therefore he caused that the words which he spake should be written

and sent forth among those that were not under the sound of his voice,

that they might also receive his words.

Mosiah 2:22

And behold, all that he requires of you is to keep his commandments;

and he has promised you that if ye would keep his commandments

ye should prosper in the land;

and he never doth vary from that which he hath said;

therefore, if ye do keep his commandments

he doth bless you and prosper you.

Mosiah 2:24

And secondly, he doth require

that ye should do as he hath commanded you;

for which if ye do,

he doth immediately bless you;

and therefore he hath paid you.

And ye are still indebted unto him,

and are, and will be, forever and ever;

therefore, of what have ye to boast?

Mosiah 2:27

therefore, as I said unto you

that I had served you, walking with a clear conscience before God,

even so I at this time have caused that ye should assemble yourselves together,

that I might be found blameless,

and that your blood should not come upon me,

when I shall stand to be judged of God of the things

whereof he hath commanded me concerning you.

Mosiah 2:35

And also, all that has been spoken by our fathers until now.

And behold, also, they spake that which was commanded them of the Lord;

therefore, they are just and true.

Mosiah 2:37

I say unto you, that the man that doeth this,

the same cometh out in open rebellion against God;

therefore he listeth to obey the evil spirit,

and becometh an enemy to all righteousness;

therefore, the Lord has no place in him,

for he dwelleth not in unholy temples.

Mosiah 2:38

therefore if that man repenteth not,

and remaineth and dieth an enemy to God,

the demands of divine justice do awaken his immortal soul

to a lively sense of his own guilt,

which doth cause him to shrink from the presence of the Lord,

and doth fill his breast with guilt, and pain, and anguish,

which is like an unquenchable fire, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever.

Mosiah 2:39

And now I say unto you, that mercy hath no claim on that man;

therefore his final doom is to endure a never–ending torment.

Mosiah 3:25

And if they be evil

they are consigned to an awful view of their own guilt and abominations,

which doth cause them to shrink from the presence of the Lord

into a state of misery and endless torment,

from whence they can no more return;

therefore they have drunk damnation to their own souls.

Mosiah 3:26

therefore, they have drunk out of the cup of the wrath of God,

which justice could no more deny unto them than it could deny

that Adam should fall because of his partaking of the forbidden fruit;

therefore, mercy could have claim on them no more forever.