Unit 46

was

8 occurrences in 7 verses

Alma 4:3, 5, 7, 10, 13, 16, 17

Alma 4:3

And so great were their afflictions that every soul had cause to mourn;

and they believed that it was the judgments of God sent upon them

because of their wickedness and their abominations;

therefore they were awakened to a remembrance of their duty.

Alma 4:5

And it came to pass in the seventh year of the reign of the judges

there were about three thousand five hundred souls

that united themselves to the church of God and were baptized.

And thus ended the seventh year

of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi;

and there was continual peace in all that time.

Alma 4:7

Now this was the cause of much affliction to Alma,

yea, and to many of the people whom Alma had consecrated

to be teachers, and priests, and elders over the church;

yea, many of them were sorely grieved for the wickedness

which they saw had begun to be among their people.

Alma 4:10

And thus ended the eighth year of the reign of the judges;

and the wickedness of the church was a great stumbling-block

to those who did not belong to the church;

and thus the church began to fail in its progress.

Alma 4:13

Now this was a great cause for lamentations among the people,

while others were abasing themselves,

succoring those who stood in need of their succor,

such as imparting their substance to the poor and the needy,

feeding the hungry, and suffering all manner of afflictions, for Christ's sake,

who should come according to the spirit of prophecy;

Alma 4:16

And he selected a wise man who was among the elders of the church,

and gave him power according to the voice of the people,

that he might have power to enact laws

according to the laws which had been given,

and to put them in force according to the wickedness and the crimes of the people.

Alma 4:17

Now this man's name was Nephihah, and he was appointed chief judge;

and he sat in the judgment-seat to judge and to govern the people.