Unit 47

were

16 occurrences in 8 verses

Alma 5:4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 27

Alma 5:4

And behold, I say unto you,

they were delivered out of the hands of the people of king Noah,

by the mercy and power of God.

Alma 5:5

And behold, after that, they were brought into bondage

by the hands of the Lamanites in the wilderness;

yea, I say unto you, they were in captivity,

and again the Lord did deliver them out of bondage by the power of his word;

and we were brought into this land,

and here we began to establish the church of God throughout this land also.

Alma 5:7

Behold, he changed their hearts;

yea, he awakened them out of a deep sleep,

and they awoke unto God.

Behold, they were in the midst of darkness;

nevertheless, their souls were illuminated by the light of the everlasting word;

yea, they were encircled about by the bands of death, and the chains of hell,

and an everlasting destruction did await them.

Alma 5:8

And now I ask of you, my brethren,

were they destroyed?

Behold, I say unto you,

Nay, they were not.

Alma 5:9

And again I ask,

were the bands of death broken,

and the chains of hell which encircled them about, were they loosed?

I say unto you,

Yea, they were loosed,

and their souls did expand,

and they did sing redeeming love.

And I say unto you that they are saved.

Alma 5:11

Behold, I can tell you —

did not my father Alma believe in the words

which were delivered by the mouth of Abinadi?

And was he not a holy prophet?

Did he not speak the words of God, and my father Alma believe them?

Alma 5:13

And behold, he preached the word unto your fathers,

and a mighty change was also wrought in their hearts,

and they humbled themselves and put their trust in the true and living God.

And behold, they were faithful until the end;

therefore they were saved.

Alma 5:27

Have ye walked, keeping yourselves blameless before God?

Could ye say, if ye were called to die at this time, within yourselves,

that ye have been sufficiently humble?

That your garments have been cleansed

and made white through the blood of Christ,

who will come to redeem his people from their sins?