Unit 44

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19 occurrences in 15 verses

Mosiah 28:20,

Mosiah 29:5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 24, 30, 31, 32

Mosiah 28:20

And now, as I said unto you, that

after king Mosiah had done these things,

he took the plates of brass, and all the things which he had kept,

and conferred them upon Alma, who was the son of Alma;

yea, all the records, and also the interpreters,

and conferred them upon him,

and commanded him that he should keep and preserve them,

and also keep a record of the people,

handing them down from one generation to another,

even as they had been handed down from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem.

Mosiah 29:5

Behold, O ye my people, or my brethren,

for I esteem you as such,

I desire that ye should consider the cause which ye are called to consider —

for ye are desirous to have a king.

Mosiah 29:6

Now I declare unto you that he to whom the kingdom doth rightly belong

has declined, and will not take upon him the kingdom.

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 29:11

Therefore I will be your king the remainder of my days;

nevertheless, let us appoint judges, to judge this people according to our law;

and we will newly arrange the affairs of this people,

for we will appoint wise men to be judges,

that will judge this people according to the commandments of God.

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 29:14

And even I myself have labored

with all the power and faculties which I have possessed,

to teach you the commandments of God,

and to establish peace throughout the land,

that there should be no wars nor contentions,

no stealing, nor plundering, nor murdering, nor any manner of iniquity;

Mosiah 29:15

And whosoever has committed iniquity,

him have I punished according to the crime which he has committed,

according to the law which has been given to us by our fathers.

Mosiah 29:16

Now I say unto you, that because all men are not just

it is not expedient that ye should have a king or kings to rule over you.

Mosiah 29:21

And behold, now I say unto you,

ye cannot dethrone an iniquitous king

save it be through much contention, and the shedding of much blood.

Mosiah 29:24

And now behold I say unto you,

it is not expedient that such abominations should come upon you.

Mosiah 29:30

And I command you to do these things in the fear of the Lord;

and I command you to do these things, and that ye have no king;

that if these people commit sins and iniquities

they shall be answered upon their own heads.

Mosiah 29:31

For behold I say unto you,

the sins of many people have been caused by the iniquities of their kings;

therefore their iniquities are answered upon the heads of their kings.

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.