Unit 51

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18 occurrences in 15 verses

Alma 9:1, 6, 7, 10, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 31, 32, 33, 34

Alma 9:1

And again, I, Alma, having been commanded of God

that I should take Amulek and go forth and preach again unto this people,

or the people who were in the city of Ammonihah,

it came to pass as I began to preach unto them,

they began to contend with me, saying:

Alma 9:6

And they said:

Who is God, that sendeth no more authority than one man among this people,

to declare unto them the truth of such great and marvelous things?

Alma 9:7

And they stood forth to lay their hands on me;

but behold, they did not.

And I stood with boldness to declare unto them,

yea, I did boldly testify unto them, saying:

Alma 9:10

And have ye forgotten so soon

how many times he delivered our fathers out of the hands of their enemies,

and preserved them from being destroyed,

even by the hands of their own brethren?

Alma 9:15

Nevertheless I say unto you,

that it shall be more tolerable for them in the day of judgment than for you,

if ye remain in your sins,

yea, and even more tolerable for them in this life than for you,

except ye repent.

Alma 9:16

For there are many promises which are extended to the Lamanites;

for it is because of the traditions of their fathers

that caused them to remain in their state of ignorance;

therefore the Lord will be merciful unto them

and prolong their existence in the land.

Alma 9:17

And at some period of time they will be brought to believe in his word,

and to know of the incorrectness of the traditions of their fathers;

and many of them will be saved,

for the Lord will be merciful unto all who call on his name.

Alma 9:19

For he will not suffer you that ye shall live in your iniquities,

to destroy his people.

I say unto you,

Nay; he would rather suffer that the Lamanites might destroy all his people

who are called the people of Nephi,

if it were possible that they could fall into sins and transgressions,

after having had so much light and so much knowledge

given unto them of the Lord their God;

Alma 9:20

Yea, after having been such a highly favored people of the Lord;

yea, after having been favored above every other nation, kindred, tongue, or people;

after having had all things made known unto them,

according to their desires, and their faith, and prayers,

of that which has been, and which is, and which is to come;

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 9:31

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 9:32

And also because I said unto them that they were a lost and a fallen people

they were angry with me, and sought to lay their hands upon me,

that they might cast me into prison.

Alma 9:33

But it came to pass that the Lord did not suffer them

that they should take me at that time and cast me into prison.

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.