Unit 54

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16 occurrences in 14 verses

Alma 13:12, 14, 22, 30,

Alma 14:7, 11, 14, 15, 21, 25, 26, 27,

Alma 15:5, 11

Alma 13:12

Now they, after being sanctified by the Holy Ghost,

having their garments made white,

being pure and spotless before God,

could not look upon sin save it were with abhorrence;

and there were many, exceedingly great many, who were made pure

and entered into the rest of the Lord their God.

Alma 13:14

Yea, humble yourselves even as the people in the days of Melchizedek,

who was also a high priest after this same order which I have spoken,

who also took upon him the high priesthood forever.

Alma 13:22

Yea, and the voice of the Lord, by the mouth of angels,

doth declare it unto all nations;

yea, doth declare it, that they may have glad tidings of great joy;

yea, and he doth sound these glad tidings among all his people,

yea, even to them that are scattered abroad upon the face of the earth;

wherefore they have come unto us.

Alma 13:30

And may the Lord grant unto you repentance,

that ye may not bring down his wrath upon you,

that ye may not be bound down by the chains of hell,

that ye may not suffer the second death.

Alma 14:7

And it came to pass that he began to cry unto the people, saying:

Behold, I am guilty, and these men are spotless before God.

And he began to plead for them from that time forth;

but they reviled him, saying:

Art thou also possessed with the devil?

And they spit upon him,

and cast him out from among them,

and also all those who believed in the words

which had been spoken by Alma and Amulek;

and they cast them out, and sent men to cast stones at them.

Alma 14:11

But Alma said unto him:

The Spirit constraineth me that I must not stretch forth mine hand;

for behold the Lord receiveth them up unto himself, in glory;

and he doth suffer that they may do this thing,

or that the people may do this thing unto them,

according to the hardness of their hearts,

that the judgments which he shall exercise upon them in his wrath may be just;

and the blood of the innocent shall stand as a witness against them,

yea, and cry mightily against them at the last day.

Alma 14:14

Now it came to pass that when the bodies of those

who had been cast into the fire were consumed,

and also the records which were cast in with them,

the chief judge of the land came

and stood before Alma and Amulek, as they were bound;

and he smote them with his hand upon their cheeks,

and said unto them:

After what ye have seen, will ye preach again unto this people,

that they shall be cast into a lake of fire and brimstone?

Alma 14:15

Behold, ye see that ye had not power to save those

who had been cast into the fire;

neither has God saved them because they were of thy faith.

And the judge smote them again upon their cheeks, and asked:

What say ye for yourselves?

Alma 14:21

And many such things did they say unto them,

gnashing their teeth upon them, and spitting upon them, and saying:

How shall we look when we are damned?

Alma 14:25

And it came to pass that they all went forth and smote them,

saying the same words, even until the last;

and when the last had spoken unto them

the power of God was upon Alma and Amulek,

and they rose and stood upon their feet.

Alma 14:26

And Alma cried, saying:

How long shall we suffer these great afflictions, O Lord?

O Lord, give us strength

according to our faith which is in Christ,

even unto deliverance.

And they broke the cords with which they were bound;

and when the people saw this, they began to flee,

for the fear of destruction had come upon them.

Alma 14:27

And it came to pass that so great was their fear

that they fell to the earth, and did not obtain the outer door of the prison;

and the earth shook mightily, and the walls of the prison were rent in twain,

so that they fell to the earth;

and the chief judge, and the lawyers, and priests, and teachers,

who smote upon Alma and Amulek,

were slain by the fall thereof.

Alma 15:5

And it came to pass that they went immediately,

obeying the message which he had sent unto them;

and they went in unto the house unto Zeezrom;

and they found him upon his bed, sick,

being very low with a burning fever;

and his mind also was exceedingly sore because of his iniquities;

and when he saw them he stretched forth his hand,

and besought them that they would heal him.

Alma 15:11

And when Alma had said these words,

Zeezrom leaped upon his feet, and began to walk;

and this was done to the great astonishment of all the people;

and the knowledge of this went forth throughout all the land of Sidom.