Unit 46

according to

7 occurrences in 5 verses

Alma 4:8, 13, 14, 16, 20

Alma 4:8

For they saw and beheld with great sorrow

that the people of the church began to be lifted up in the pride of their eyes,

and to set their hearts upon riches and upon the vain things of the world,

that they began to be scornful, one towards another,

and they began to persecute those that did not believe

according to their own will and pleasure.

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 4:14

Looking forward to that day,

thus retaining a remission of their sins;

being filled with great joy

because of the resurrection of the dead,

according to the will and power and deliverance of Jesus Christ

from the bands of death.

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 4:20

And thus in the commencement of the ninth year

of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi,

Alma delivered up the judgment-seat to Nephihah,

and confined himself wholly to the high priesthood of the holy order of God,

to the testimony of the word, according to the spirit of revelation and prophecy.