Unit 47

yea and

8 occurrences in 8 verses

Alma 5:3, 6, 10, 23, 38, 49, 55, 59

Alma 5:3

I, Alma, having been consecrated by my father, Alma,

to be a high priest over the church of God,

he having power and authority from God to do these things,

behold, I say unto you

that he began to establish a church in the land

which was in the borders of Nephi;

yea, the land which was called the land of Mormon;

yea, and he did baptize his brethren in the waters of Mormon.

Alma 5:6

And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren,

you that belong to this church,

have you sufficiently retained in remembrance the captivity of your fathers?

Yea, and have you sufficiently retained in remembrance

his mercy and long-suffering towards them?

And moreover, have ye sufficiently retained in remembrance

that he has delivered their souls from hell?

Alma 5:10

And now I ask of you

on what conditions are they saved?

Yea, what grounds had they to hope for salvation?

What is the cause of their being loosed from the bands of death,

yea, and also the chains of hell?

Alma 5:23

Behold will they not testify that ye are murderers,

yea, and also that ye are guilty of all manner of wickedness?

Alma 5:38

Behold, I say unto you, that the good shepherd doth call you;

yea, and in his own name he doth call you,

which is the name of Christ;

and if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd,

to the name by which ye are called,

behold, ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd.

Alma 5:49

And now I say unto you

that this is the order after which I am called,

yea, to preach unto my beloved brethren,

yea, and every one that dwelleth in the land;

yea, to preach unto all,

both old and young, both bond and free;

yea, I say unto you

the aged, and also the middle aged, and the rising generation;

yea, to cry unto them that they must repent and be born again.

Alma 5:55

Yea, and will you persist in turning your backs upon the poor, and the needy,

and in withholding your substance from them?

Alma 5:59

For what shepherd is there among you having many sheep

doth not watch over them,

that the wolves enter not and devour his flock?

And behold, if a wolf enter his flock

doth he not drive him out?

Yea, and at the last, if he can, he will destroy him.