Unit 46

contentions

3 occurrences in 3 verses



Alma 4:1, 9, 19



Alma 4:1

Now it came to pass

in the sixth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi,

there were no contentions nor wars in the land of Zarahemla;



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 4:19

And this he did that he himself might go forth among his people,

or among the people of Nephi,

that he might preach the word of God unto them,

to stir them up in remembrance of their duty,

and that he might pull down, by the word of God,

all the pride and craftiness and all the contentions which were among his people,

seeing no way that he might reclaim them

save it were in bearing down in pure testimony against them.