Unit 42

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40 occurrences in 30 verses

Mosiah 23:4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 20, 31, 38, 39,

Mosiah 24:3, 5, 7, 14, 19, 20,

Mosiah 25:2,

Mosiah 26:4, 17, 23, 24,

Mosiah 27:2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 21, 25

Mosiah 23:4

And they came to a land,

yea, even a very beautiful and pleasant land,

a land of pure water.

Mosiah 23:7

But he said unto them:

Behold, it is not expedient that we should have a king;

for thus saith the Lord:

Ye shall not esteem one flesh above another,

or one man shall not think himself above another;

therefore I say unto you

it is not expedient that ye should have a king.

Mosiah 23:8

Nevertheless, if it were possible

that ye could always have just men to be your kings

it would be well for you to have a king.

Mosiah 23:9

But remember the iniquity of king Noah and his priests;

and I myself was caught in a snare,

and did many things which were abominable in the sight of the Lord,

which caused me sore repentance;

Mosiah 23:10

Nevertheless, after much tribulation, the Lord did hear my cries,

and did answer my prayers,

and has made me an instrument in his hands

in bringing so many of you to a knowledge of his truth.

Mosiah 23:13

And now as ye have been delivered by the power of God out of these bonds;

yea, even out of the hands of king Noah and his people,

and also from the bonds of iniquity,

even so I desire that ye should stand fast in this liberty

wherewith ye have been made free,

and that ye trust no man to be a king over you.

Mosiah 23:14

And also trust no one to be your teacher nor your minister,

except he be a man of God,

walking in his ways and keeping his commandments.

Mosiah 23:20

And it came to pass that

they did multiply and prosper exceedingly in the land of Helam;

and they built a city, which they called the city of Helam.

Mosiah 23:31

And behold, they had found those priests of king Noah,

in a place which they called Amulon;

and they had begun to possess the land of Amulon

and had begun to till the ground.

Mosiah 23:38

And the remainder of them went to the land of Nephi;

and a part of them returned to the land of Helam,

and also brought with them the wives and the children of the guards

who had been left in the land.

Mosiah 23:39

And the king of the Lamanites had granted unto Amulon

that he should be a king and a ruler over his people,

who were in the land of Helam;

nevertheless he should have no power to do anything

contrary to the will of the king of the Lamanites.

Mosiah 24:3

And now the name of the king of the Lamanites was Laman,

being called after the name of his father;

and therefore he was called king Laman.

And he was king over a numerous people.

Mosiah 24:5

And they were a people friendly one with another;

nevertheless they knew not God;

neither did the brethren of Amulon teach them anything

concerning the Lord their God,

neither the law of Moses;

nor did they teach them the words of Abinadi;

Mosiah 24:7

And thus the Lamanites began to increase in riches,

and began to trade one with another and wax great,

and began to be a cunning and a wise people, as to the wisdom of the world,

yea, a very cunning people,

delighting in all manner of wickedness and plunder,

except it were among their own brethren.

Mosiah 24:14

And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders,

that even you cannot feel them upon your backs,

even while you are in bondage;

and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter,

and that ye may know of a surety

that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions.

Mosiah 24:19

And in the morning the Lord caused a deep sleep to come upon the Lamanites,

yea, and all their task–masters were in a profound sleep.

Mosiah 24:20

And Alma and his people departed into the wilderness;

and when they had traveled all day they pitched their tents in a valley,

and they called the valley Alma,

because he led their way in the wilderness.

Mosiah 25:2

Now there were not so many of the children of Nephi,

or so many of those who were descendants of Nephi,

as there were of the people of Zarahemla,

who was a descendant of Mulek,

and those who came with him into the wilderness.

Mosiah 26:4

And they would not be baptized;

neither would they join the church.

And they were a separate people as to their faith, and remained so ever after,

even in their carnal and sinful state;

for they would not call upon the Lord their God.

Mosiah 26:17

And blessed art thou because thou hast established a church among this people;

and they shall be established, and they shall be my people.

Mosiah 26:23

For it is I that taketh upon me the sins of the world;

for it is I that hath created them;

and it is I that granteth unto him that believeth

unto the end a place at my right hand.

Mosiah 26:24

For behold, in my name are they called;

and if they know me

they shall come forth, and shall have a place eternally at my right hand.

Mosiah 27:2

And it came to pass that

king Mosiah sent a proclamation throughout the land round about

that there should not any unbeliever persecute any of those

who belonged to the church of God.

Mosiah 27:3

And there was a strict command throughout all the churches

that there should be no persecutions among them,

that there should be an equality among all men;

Mosiah 27:7

And the Lord did visit them and prosper them,

and they became a large and wealthy people.

Mosiah 27:8

Now the sons of Mosiah were numbered among the unbelievers;

and also one of the sons of Alma was numbered among them,

he being called Alma, after his father;

nevertheless, he became a very wicked and an idolatrous man.

And he was a man of many words, and did speak much flattery to the people;

therefore he led many of the people to do after the manner of his iniquities.

Mosiah 27:9

And he became a great hinderment to the prosperity of the church of God;

stealing away the hearts of the people;

causing much dissension among the people;

giving a chance for the enemy of God to exercise his power over them.

Mosiah 27:11

And as I said unto you,

as they were going about rebelling against God,

behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto them;

and he descended as it were in a cloud;

and he spake as it were with a voice of thunder,

which caused the earth to shake upon which they stood;

Mosiah 27:21

And he caused that a multitude should be gathered together

that they might witness what the Lord had done for his son,

and also for those that were with him.

Mosiah 27:25

And the Lord said unto me:

Marvel not that all mankind,

yea, men and women,

all nations, kindreds, tongues and people,

must be born again; yea, born of God,

changed from their carnal and fallen state, to a state of righteousness,

being redeemed of God, becoming his sons and daughters;