Unit 38

he

55 occurrences in 32 verses

Mosiah 11:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 25, 27, 28, 29,

Mosiah 12:3, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 23, 29,

Mosiah 13:1, 2, 6

Mosiah 11:1

And now it came to pass that

Zeniff conferred the kingdom upon Noah, one of his sons;

therefore Noah began to reign in his stead;

and he did not walk in the ways of his father.

Mosiah 11:2

For behold, he did not keep the commandments of God,

but he did walk after the desires of his own heart.

And he had many wives and concubines.

And he did cause his people to commit sin,

and do that which was abominable in the sight of the Lord.

Yea, and they did commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness.

Mosiah 11:3

And he laid a tax of one fifth part of all they possessed,

a fifth part of their gold and of their silver,

and a fifth part of their ziff, and of their copper, and of their brass and their iron;

and a fifth part of their fatlings;

and also a fifth part of all their grain.

Mosiah 11:4

And all this did he take to support himself, and his wives and his concubines;

and also his priests, and their wives and their concubines;

thus he had changed the affairs of the kingdom.

Mosiah 11:5

For he put down all the priests that had been consecrated by his father,

and consecrated new ones in their stead,

such as were lifted up in the pride of their hearts.

Mosiah 11:8

And it came to pass that

king Noah built many elegant and spacious buildings;

and he ornamented them with fine work of wood,

and of all manner of precious things,

of gold, and of silver, and of iron, and of brass, and of ziff, and of copper;

Mosiah 11:9

And he also built him a spacious palace, and a throne in the midst thereof,

all of which was of fine wood

and was ornamented with gold and silver and with precious things.

Mosiah 11:10

And he also caused that his workmen should work

all manner of fine work within the walls of the temple,

of fine wood, and of copper, and of brass.

Mosiah 11:11

And the seats which were set apart for the high priests,

which were above all the other seats,

he did ornament with pure gold;

and he caused a breastwork to be built before them,

that they might rest their bodies and their arms upon

while they should speak lying and vain words to his people.

Mosiah 11:12

And it came to pass that he built a tower near the temple;

yea, a very high tower,

even so high that he could stand upon the top thereof

and overlook the land of Shilom,

and also the land of Shemlon, which was possessed by the Lamanites;

and he could even look over all the land round about.

Mosiah 11:13

And it came to pass that he caused many buildings to be built in the land Shilom;

and he caused a great tower to be built on the hill north of the land Shilom,

which had been a resort for the children of Nephi

at the time they fled out of the land;

and thus he did do with the riches which he obtained by the taxation of his people.

Mosiah 11:14

And it came to pass that he placed his heart upon his riches,

and he spent his time in riotous living with his wives and his concubines;

and so did also his priests spend their time with harlots.

Mosiah 11:15

And it came to pass that he planted vineyards round about in the land;

and he built wine–presses, and made wine in abundance;

and therefore he became a wine–bibber, and also his people.

Mosiah 11:17

And king Noah sent guards round about the land to keep them off;

but he did not send a sufficient number,

and the Lamanites came upon them and killed them,

and drove many of their flocks out of the land;

thus the Lamanites began to destroy them, and to exercise their hatred upon them.

Mosiah 11:20

And it came to pass that there was a man among them whose name was Abinadi;

and he went forth among them, and began to prophesy, saying:

Behold, thus saith the Lord, and thus hath he commanded me, saying,

Go forth, and say unto this people,

thus saith the Lord —

Wo be unto this people,

for I have seen their abominations, and their wickedness, and their whoredoms;

and except they repent I will visit them in mine anger.

Mosiah 11:25

And except they repent in sackcloth and ashes,

and cry mightily to the Lord their God,

I will not hear their prayers,

neither will I deliver them out of their afflictions;

and thus saith the Lord, and thus hath he commanded me.

Mosiah 11:27

Now when king Noah had heard of the words

which Abinadi had spoken unto the people,

he was also wroth; and he said:

Who is Abinadi, that I and my people should be judged of him,

or who is the Lord, that shall bring upon my people such great affliction?

Mosiah 11:28

I command you to bring Abinadi hither, that I may slay him,

for he has said these things

that he might stir up my people to anger one with another,

and to raise contentions among my people;

therefore I will slay him.

Mosiah 11:29

Now the eyes of the people were blinded;

therefore they hardened their hearts against the words of Abinadi,

and they sought from that time forward to take him.

And king Noah hardened his heart against the word of the Lord,

and he did not repent of his evil doings.

Mosiah 12:3

And it shall come to pass that

the life of king Noah shall be valued even as a garment in a hot furnace;

for he shall know that I am the Lord.

Mosiah 12:10

And he also prophesieth evil concerning thy life,

and saith that thy life shall be as a garment in a furnace of fire.

Mosiah 12:11

And again, he saith that thou shalt be as a stalk,

even as a dry stalk of the field,

which is run over by the beasts and trodden under foot.

Mosiah 12:12

And again, he saith thou shalt be as the blossoms of a thistle,

which, when it is fully ripe, if the wind bloweth,

it is driven forth upon the face of the land.

And he pretendeth the Lord hath spoken it.

And he saith all this shall come upon thee except thou repent,

and this because of thine iniquities.

Mosiah 12:14

And now, O king, behold, we are guiltless,

and thou, O king, hast not sinned;

therefore, this man has lied concerning you,

and he has prophesied in vain.

Mosiah 12:17

And it came to pass that king Noah caused

that Abinadi should be cast into prison;

and he commanded that the priests should gather themselves together

that he might hold a council with them what he should do with him.

Mosiah 12:18

And it came to pass that they said unto the king:

Bring him hither that we may question him;

and the king commanded that he should be brought before them.

Mosiah 12:19

And they began to question him, that they might cross him,

that thereby they might have wherewith to accuse him;

but he answered them boldly, and withstood all their questions,

yea, to their astonishment;

for he did withstand them in all their questions,

and did confound them in all their words.

Mosiah 12:23

Break forth into joy;

sing together ye waste places of Jerusalem;

for the Lord hath comforted his people,

he hath redeemed Jerusalem;

Mosiah 12:29

And again he said unto them:

If ye teach the law of Moses

why do ye not keep it?

Why do ye set your hearts upon riches?

Why do ye commit whoredoms and spend your strength with harlots,

yea, and cause this people to commit sin,

that the Lord has cause to send me to prophesy against this people,

yea, even a great evil against this people?

Mosiah 13:1

And now when the king had heard these words,

he said unto his priests:

Away with this fellow, and slay him;

for what have we to do with him,

for he is mad.

Mosiah 13:2

And they stood forth and attempted to lay their hands on him;

but he withstood them, and said unto them:

Mosiah 13:6

And he spake with power and authority from God;

and he continued his words, saying: