Unit 38

and he

22 occurrences in 19 verses

Mosiah 11:1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 27, 29,

Mosiah 12:10, 12, 14, 17,

Mosiah 13:6

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 11:8

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 11:20

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 11:27

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 11:29

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 12:10

and he also prophesieth evil concerning thy life,

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

Mosiah 12:12

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 13:6

and he spake with power and authority from God;

and he continued his words, saying: