Unit 52

against

14 occurrences in 10 verses

Alma 10:6, 13, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30,

Alma 11:2, 20

Alma 10:6

Nevertheless, I did harden my heart,

for I was called many times and I would not hear;

therefore I knew concerning these things,

yet I would not know;

therefore I went on rebelling against God, in the wickedness of my heart,

even until the fourth day of this seventh month,

which is in the tenth year of the reign of the judges.

Alma 10:13

Nevertheless, there were some among them who thought to question them,

that by their cunning devices they might catch them in their words,

that they might find witness against them,

that they might deliver them to their judges

that they might be judged according to the law,

and that they might be slain or cast into prison,

according to the crime which they could make appear or witness against them.

Alma 10:23

But it is by the prayers of the righteous that ye are spared;

now therefore, if ye will cast out the righteous from among you

then will not the Lord stay his hand;

but in his fierce anger he will come out against you;

then ye shall be smitten by famine, and by pestilence, and by the sword;

and the time is soon at hand except ye repent.

Alma 10:24

And now it came to pass that the people were more angry with Amulek,

and they cried out, saying:

This man doth revile against our laws which are just,

and our wise lawyers whom we have selected.

Alma 10:26

For behold, have I testified against your law?

Ye do not understand;

ye say that I have spoken against your law;

but I have not,

but I have spoken in favor of your law,

to your condemnation.

Alma 10:28

And now it came to pass that when Amulek had spoken these words

the people cried out against him, saying:

Now we know that this man is a child of the devil,

for he hath lied unto us;

for he hath spoken against our law.

And now he says that he has not spoken against it.

Alma 10:29

And again, he has reviled against our lawyers, and our judges.

Alma 10:30

And it came to pass that the lawyers put it into their hearts

that they should remember these things against him.

Alma 11:2

Now if a man owed another,

and he would not pay that which he did owe,

he was complained of to the judge;

and the judge executed authority, and sent forth officers

that the man should be brought before him;

and he judged the man according to the law

and the evidences which were brought against him,

and thus the man was compelled to pay that which he owed,

or be stripped, or be cast out from among the people as a thief and a robber.

Alma 11:20

Now, it was for the sole purpose to get gain,

because they received their wages according to their employ,

therefore, they did stir up the people to riotings,

and all manner of disturbances and wickedness,

that they might have more employ,

that they might get money according to the suits

which were brought before them;

therefore they did stir up the people against Alma and Amulek.