Unit 51

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33 occurrences in 19 verses

Alma 9:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 31, 32, 33

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 9:3

Now they understood not the words which they spake;

for they knew not that the earth should pass away.

Alma 9:4

And they said also:

We will not believe thy words

if thou shouldst prophesy that this great city should be destroyed in one day.

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 9:6

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 9:9

Do ye not remember

that our father, Lehi, was brought out of Jerusalem by the hand of God?

Do ye not remember that they were all led by him through the wilderness?

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 9:17

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 9:18

But behold, I say unto you that

if ye persist in your wickedness

that your days shall not be prolonged in the land,

for the Lamanites shall be sent upon you;

and if ye repent not

they shall come in a time when you know not,

and ye shall be visited with utter destruction;

and it shall be according to the fierce anger of the Lord.

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 9:22

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 9:24

For behold, the promises of the Lord are extended to the Lamanites,

but they are not unto you if ye transgress;

for has not the Lord expressly promised and firmly decreed,

that if ye will rebel against him

that ye shall utterly be destroyed from off the face of the earth?

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 9:28

Therefore, prepare ye the way of the Lord,

for the time is at hand that all men shall reap a reward of their works,

according to that which they have been —

if they have been righteous

they shall reap the salvation of their souls,

according to the power and deliverance of Jesus Christ;

and if they have been evil

they shall reap the damnation of their souls,

according to the power and captivation of the devil.

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.