Unit 44

his

26 occurrences in 18 verses

Mosiah 29:7, 8, 9, 13, 18, 20, 22, 23, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46

Mosiah 29:7

And now if there should be another appointed in his stead,

behold I fear there would rise contentions among you.

And who knoweth but what my son, to whom the kingdom doth belong,

should turn to be angry and draw away a part of this people after him,

which would cause wars and contentions among you,

which would be the cause of shedding much blood

and perverting the way of the Lord,

yea, and destroy the souls of many people.

Mosiah 29:8

Now I say unto you

let us be wise and consider these things,

for we have no right to destroy my son,

neither should we have any right to destroy another

if he should be appointed in his stead.

Mosiah 29:9

And if my son should turn again to his pride and vain things

he would recall the things which he had said,

and claim his right to the kingdom,

which would cause him and also this people to commit much sin.

Mosiah 29:13

Therefore, if it were possible that you could have just men to be your kings,

who would establish the laws of God,

and judge this people according to his commandments,

yea, if ye could have men for your kings

who would do even as my father Benjamin did for this people —

I say unto you,

if this could always be the case

then it would be expedient

that ye should always have kings to rule over you.

Mosiah 29:18

Yea, remember king Noah, his wickedness and his abominations,

and also the wickedness and abominations of his people.

Behold what great destruction did come upon them;

and also because of their iniquities they were brought into bondage.

Mosiah 29:20

But behold, he did deliver them

because they did humble themselves before him;

and because they cried mightily unto him

he did deliver them out of bondage;

and thus doth the Lord work with his power

in all cases among the children of men,

extending the arm of mercy towards them that put their trust in him.

Mosiah 29:22

For behold, he has his friends in iniquity,

and he keepeth his guards about him;

and he teareth up the laws of those

who have reigned in righteousness before him;

and he trampleth under his feet the commandments of God;

Mosiah 29:23

And he enacteth laws, and sendeth them forth among his people,

yea, laws after the manner of his own wickedness;

and whosoever doth not obey his laws

he causeth to be destroyed;

and whosoever doth rebel against him

he will send his armies against them to war,

and if he can he will destroy them;

and thus an unrighteous king doth pervert the ways of all righteousness.

Mosiah 29:32

And now I desire that this inequality should be no more in this land,

especially among this my people;

but I desire that this land be a land of liberty,

and every man may enjoy his rights and privileges alike,

so long as the Lord sees fit that we may live and inherit the land,

yea, even as long as any of our posterity remains upon the face of the land.

Mosiah 29:34

And he told them that these things ought not to be;

but that the burden should come upon all the people,

that every man might bear his part.

Mosiah 29:36

Yea, all his iniquities and abominations,

and all the wars, and contentions, and bloodshed,

and the stealing, and the plundering,

and the committing of whoredoms,

and all manner of iniquities which cannot be enumerated —

telling them that these things ought not to be,

that they were expressly repugnant to the commandments of God.

Mosiah 29:37

And now it came to pass,

after king Mosiah had sent these things forth among the people

they were convinced of the truth of his words.

Mosiah 29:38

Therefore they relinquished their desires for a king,

and became exceedingly anxious

that every man should have an equal chance throughout all the land;

yea, and every man expressed a willingness to answer for his own sins.

Mosiah 29:40

And they did wax strong in love towards Mosiah;

yea, they did esteem him more than any other man;

for they did not look upon him as a tyrant who was seeking for gain,

yea, for that lucre which doth corrupt the soul;

for he had not exacted riches of them,

neither had he delighted in the shedding of blood;

but he had established peace in the land,

and he had granted unto his people

that they should be delivered from all manner of bondage;

therefore they did esteem him,

yea, exceedingly, beyond measure.

Mosiah 29:42

And it came to pass that Alma was appointed to be the first chief judge,

he being also the high priest,

his father having conferred the office upon him,

and having given him the charge concerning all the affairs of the church.

Mosiah 29:43

And now it came to pass that Alma did walk in the ways of the Lord,

and he did keep his commandments,

and he did judge righteous judgments;

and there was continual peace through the land.

Mosiah 29:45

And now it came to pass that his father died,

being eighty and two years old,

having lived to fulfil the commandments of God.

Mosiah 29:46

And it came to pass that

Mosiah died also, in the thirty and third year of his reign,

being sixty and three years old;

making in the whole, five hundred and nine years

from the time Lehi left Jerusalem.