Unit 51

now

12 occurrences in 11 verses

Alma 9:3, 5, 12, 14, 22, 23, 25, 29, 30, 31, 34

Alma 9:3

now they understood not the words which they spake;

for they knew not that the earth should pass away.

Alma 9:5

now they knew not that God could do such marvelous works,

for they were a hard-hearted and a stiffnecked people.

Alma 9:12

Behold, now I say unto you that he commandeth you to repent;

and except ye repent, ye can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God.

But behold, this is not all —

he has commanded you to repent,

or he will utterly destroy you from off the face of the earth;

yea, he will visit you in his anger,

and in his fierce anger he will not turn away.

Alma 9:14

now I would that ye should remember,

that inasmuch as the Lamanites have not kept the commandments of God,

they have been cut off from the presence of the Lord.

now we see that the word of the Lord has been verified in this thing,

and the Lamanites have been cut off from his presence,

from the beginning of their transgressions in the land.

Alma 9:22

Yea, and after having been delivered of God

out of the land of Jerusalem, by the hand of the Lord;

having been saved from famine,

and from sickness, and all manner of diseases of every kind;

and they having waxed strong in battle, that they might not be destroyed;

having been brought out of bondage time after time,

and having been kept and preserved until now;

and they have been prospered until they are rich in all manner of things —

Alma 9:23

And now behold I say unto you, that

if this people, who have received so many blessings from the hand of the Lord,

should transgress contrary to the light and knowledge which they do have,

I say unto you that if this be the case,

that if they should fall into transgression,

it would be far more tolerable for the Lamanites than for them.

Alma 9:25

And now for this cause, that ye may not be destroyed,

the Lord has sent his angel to visit many of his people,

declaring unto them that they must go forth

and cry mightily unto this people, saying:

Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is nigh at hand;

Alma 9:29

now behold, this is the voice of the angel, crying unto the people.

Alma 9:30

And now, my beloved brethren,

for ye are my brethren,

and ye ought to be beloved,

and ye ought to bring forth works which are meet for repentance,

seeing that your hearts have been grossly hardened against the word of God,

and seeing that ye are a lost and a fallen people.

Alma 9:31

now it came to pass that when I, Alma, had spoken these words,

behold, the people were wroth with me

because I said unto them that they were a hard-hearted and a stiffnecked people.

Alma 9:34

And it came to pass that Amulek went and stood forth,

and began to preach unto them also.

And now the words of Amulek are not all written,

nevertheless a part of his words are written in this book.