Unit 38

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19 occurrences in 16 verses

Mosiah 11:1, 6, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 27,

Mosiah 12:5, 12, 21, 29,

Mosiah 13:3, 5, 13, 20

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 11:6

Yea, and thus they were supported in their laziness,

and in their idolatry, and in their whoredoms,

by the taxes which king Noah had put upon his people;

thus did the people labor exceedingly to support iniquity.

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 11:14

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 11:16

And it came to pass that the Lamanites began

to come in upon his people, upon small numbers,

and to slay them in their fields,

and while they were tending their flocks.

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 11:27

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 12:5

Yea, and I will cause that they shall have burdens lashed upon their backs;

and they shall be driven before like a dumb ass.

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 12:21

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him

that bringeth good tidings;

that publisheth peace;

that bringeth good tidings of good;

that publisheth salvation;

that saith unto Zion,

Thy God reigneth;

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 13:3

Touch me not,

for God shall smite you if ye lay your hands upon me,

for I have not delivered the message which the Lord sent me to deliver;

neither have I told you that which ye requested that I should tell;

therefore, God will not suffer that I shall be destroyed at this time.

Mosiah 13:5

Now it came to pass after Abinadi had spoken these words

that the people of king Noah durst not lay their hands on him,

for the Spirit of the Lord was upon him;

and his face shone with exceeding luster, even as Moses' did

while in the mount of Sinai, while speaking with the Lord.

Mosiah 13:13

And again: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them;

for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God,

visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children,

unto the third and fourth generations of them that hate me;

Mosiah 13:20

Honor thy father and thy mother,

that thy days may be long upon the land

which the Lord thy God giveth thee.