Unit 52

that

60 occurrences in 33 verses

Alma 10:8, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30,

Alma 11:1, 2, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 32, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46

Alma 10:8

And it came to pass that I obeyed the voice of the angel,

and returned towards my house.

And as I was going thither

I found the man whom the angel said unto me:

Thou shalt receive into thy house —

and behold it was this same man

who has been speaking unto you concerning the things of God.

Alma 10:10

And again, I know that the things whereof he hath testified are true;

for behold I say unto you, that as the Lord liveth,

even so has he sent his angel to make these things manifest unto me;

and this he has done while this Alma hath dwelt at my house.

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 10:15

Now these lawyers were learned in all the arts and cunning of the people;

and this was to enable them that they might be skilful in their profession.

Alma 10:16

And it came to pass that they began to question Amulek,

that thereby they might make him cross his words,

or contradict the words which he should speak.

Alma 10:17

Now they knew not that Amulek could know of their designs.

But it came to pass as they began to question him,

he perceived their thoughts,

and he said unto them:

O ye wicked and perverse generation,

ye lawyers and hypocrites,

for ye are laying the foundations of the devil;

for ye are laying traps and snares to catch the holy ones of God.

Alma 10:19

Yea, well did Mosiah say, who was our last king,

when he was about to deliver up the kingdom,

having no one to confer it upon,

causing that this people should be governed by their own voices —

yea, well did he say that

if the time should come that the voice of this people should choose iniquity,

that is, if the time should come that this people should fall into transgression,

they would be ripe for destruction.

Alma 10:20

And now I say unto you

that well doth the Lord judge of your iniquities;

well doth he cry unto this people, by the voice of his angels:

Repent ye, repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Alma 10:21

Yea, well doth he cry, by the voice of his angels

that: I will come down among my people, with equity and justice in my hands.

Alma 10:22

Yea, and I say unto you that

if it were not for the prayers of the righteous, who are now in the land,

that ye would even now be visited with utter destruction;

yet it would not be by flood, as were the people in the days of Noah,

but it would be by famine, and by pestilence, and the sword.

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 10:25

But Amulek stretched forth his hand, and cried the mightier unto them, saying:

O ye wicked and perverse generation,

why hath Satan got such great hold upon your hearts?

Why will ye yield yourselves unto him

that he may have power over you, to blind your eyes,

that ye will not understand the words which are spoken, according to their truth?

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 10:27

And now behold, I say unto you,

that the foundation of the destruction of this people is beginning to be laid

by the unrighteousness of your lawyers and your judges.

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 10:30

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

that they should remember these things against him.

Alma 11:1

Now it was in the law of Mosiah

that every man who was a judge of the law,

or those who were appointed to be judges,

should receive wages according to the time

which they labored to judge those

who were brought before them to be judged.

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.

Alma 11:21

And this Zeezrom began to question Amulek, saying:

Will ye answer me a few questions which I shall ask you?

Now Zeezrom was a man who was expert in the devices of the devil,

that he might destroy that which was good;

therefore, he said unto Amulek:

Will ye answer the questions which I shall put unto you?

Alma 11:23

Now Amulek said:

O thou child of hell, why tempt ye me?

Knowest thou that the righteous yieldeth to no such temptations?

Alma 11:24

Believest thou that there is no God?

I say unto you,

Nay, thou knowest that there is a God,

but thou lovest that lucre more than him.

Alma 11:25

And now thou hast lied before God unto me.

Thou saidst unto me —

Behold these six onties, which are of great worth,

I will give unto thee —

when thou hadst it in thy heart to retain them from me;

and it was only thy desire that I should deny the true and living God,

that thou mightest have cause to destroy me.

And now behold, for this great evil thou shalt have thy reward.

Alma 11:32

And Zeezrom said again:

Who is he that shall come?

Is it the Son of God?

Alma 11:35

Now Zeezrom said unto the people:

See that ye remember these things;

for he said there is but one God;

yet he saith that the Son of God shall come,

but he shall not save his people —

as though he had authority to command God.

Alma 11:36

Now Amulek saith again unto him:

Behold thou hast lied,

for thou sayest that I spake as though I had authority to command God

because I said he shall not save his people in their sins.

Alma 11:37

And I say unto you again

that he cannot save them in their sins;

for I cannot deny his word,

and he hath said that no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of heaven;

therefore, how can ye be saved, except ye inherit the kingdom of heaven?

Therefore, ye cannot be saved in your sins.

Alma 11:40

And he shall come into the world to redeem his people;

and he shall take upon him the transgressions of those who believe on his name;

and these are they that shall have eternal life,

and salvation cometh to none else.

Alma 11:41

Therefore the wicked remain as though there had been no redemption made,

except it be the loosing of the bands of death;

for behold, the day cometh that all shall rise from the dead

and stand before God, and be judged according to their works.

Alma 11:42

Now, there is a death which is called a temporal death;

and the death of Christ shall loose the bands of this temporal death,

that all shall be raised from this temporal death.

Alma 11:45

Now, behold, I have spoken unto you concerning the death of the mortal body,

and also concerning the resurrection of the mortal body.

I say unto you that this mortal body is raised to an immortal body,

that is from death, even from the first death unto life,

that they can die no more;

their spirits uniting with their bodies, never to be divided;

thus the whole becoming spiritual and immortal,

that they can no more see corruption.

Alma 11:46

Now, when Amulek had finished these words

the people began again to be astonished,

and also Zeezrom began to tremble.

And thus ended the words of Amulek,

or this is all that I have written.