Unit 36

behold

14 occurrences in 13 verses

Mosiah 7:7, 9, 15, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 32,

Mosiah 8:10, 14

Mosiah 7:7

And behold, they met the king of the people

who were in the land of Nephi, and in the land of Shilom;

and they were surrounded by the king's guard,

and were taken, and were bound, and were committed to prison.

Mosiah 7:9

And he said unto them:

behold, I am Limhi, the son of Noah, who was the son of Zeniff,

who came up out of the land of Zarahemla

to inherit this land, which was the land of their fathers,

who was made a king by the voice of the people.

Mosiah 7:15

For behold, we are in bondage to the Lamanites,

and are taxed with a tax which is grievous to be borne.

And now, behold, our brethren will deliver us out of our bondage,

or out of the hands of the Lamanites,

and we will be their slaves;

for it is better that we be slaves to the Nephites

than to pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites.

Mosiah 7:18

And it came to pass that when they had gathered themselves together

that he spake unto them in this wise, saying:

O ye, my people, lift up your heads and be comforted;

for behold, the time is at hand, or is not far distant,

when we shall no longer be in subjection to our enemies,

notwithstanding our many strugglings, which have been in vain;

yet I trust there remaineth an effectual struggle to be made.

Mosiah 7:20

And again, that same God has brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem,

and has kept and preserved his people even until now;

and behold, it is because of our iniquities and abominations

that he has brought us into bondage.

Mosiah 7:22

And all this he did, for the sole purpose

of bringing this people into subjection or into bondage.

And behold, we at this time do pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites,

to the amount of one half of our corn, and our barley,

and even all our grain of every kind,

and one half of the increase of our flocks and our herds;

and even one half of all we have or possess

the king of the Lamanites doth exact of us, or our lives.

Mosiah 7:23

And now, is not this grievous to be borne?

And is not this, our affliction, great?

Now behold, how great reason we have to mourn.

Mosiah 7:24

Yea, I say unto you,

great are the reasons which we have to mourn;

for behold how many of our brethren have been slain,

and their blood has been spilt in vain,

and all because of iniquity.

Mosiah 7:25

For if this people had not fallen into transgression

the Lord would not have suffered that this great evil should come upon them.

But behold, they would not hearken unto his words;

but there arose contentions among them,

even so much that they did shed blood among themselves.

Mosiah 7:29

For behold, the Lord hath said:

I will not succor my people in the day of their transgression;

but I will hedge up their ways that they prosper not;

and their doings shall be as a stumbling block before them.

Mosiah 7:32

And now, behold, the promise of the Lord is fulfilled,

and ye are smitten and afflicted.

Mosiah 8:10

And behold, also, they have brought breastplates, which are large,

and they are of brass and of copper, and are perfectly sound.

Mosiah 8:14

And behold, the king of the people who are in the land of Zarahemla

is the man that is commanded to do these things,

and who has this high gift from God.