Unit 46

yea

7 occurrences in 5 verses

Alma 4:2, 4, 7, 9, 12

Alma 4:2

But the people were afflicted,

yea, greatly afflicted for the loss of their brethren,

and also for the loss of their flocks and herds,

and also for the loss of their fields of grain,

which were trodden under foot and destroyed by the Lamanites.

Alma 4:4

And they began to establish the church more fully;

yea, and many were baptized in the waters of Sidon

and were joined to the church of God;

yea, they were baptized by the hand of Alma,

who had been consecrated the high priest over the people of the church,

by the hand of his father Alma.

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 4:9

And thus, in this eighth year of the reign of the judges,

there began to be great contentions among the people of the church;

yea, there were envyings, and strife, and malice, and persecutions, and pride,

even to exceed the pride of those who did not belong to the church of God.

Alma 4:12

yea, he saw great inequality among the people,

some lifting themselves up with their pride, despising others,

turning their backs upon the needy and the naked

and those who were hungry, and those who were athirst,

and those who were sick and afflicted.