Unit 58

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74 occurrences in 53 verses

Alma 23:1, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15,

Alma 24:1, 4, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27,

Alma 25:2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17,

Alma 26:3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 23, 24, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37

Alma 23:1

Behold, now it came to pass that

the king of the Lamanites sent a proclamation among all his people,

that they should not lay their hands on Ammon, or Aaron, or Omner, or Himni,

nor either of their brethren who should go forth preaching the word of God,

in whatsoever place they should be, in any part of their land.

Alma 23:5

And thousands were brought to the knowledge of the Lord,

yea, thousands were brought to believe in the traditions of the Nephites;

and they were taught the records and prophecies

which were handed down even to the present time.

Alma 23:6

And as sure as the Lord liveth,

so sure as many as believed,

or as many as were brought to the knowledge of the truth,

through the preaching of Ammon and his brethren,

according to the spirit of revelation and of prophecy,

and the power of God working miracles in them —

yea, I say unto you, as the Lord liveth,

as many of the Lamanites as believed in their preaching,

and were converted unto the Lord,

never did fall away.

Alma 23:9

The people of the Lamanites who were in the land of Ishmael;

Alma 23:10

And also of the people of the Lamanites who were in the land of Middoni;

Alma 23:11

And also of the people of the Lamanites who were in the city of Nephi;

Alma 23:12

And also of the people of the Lamanites who were in the land of Shilom,

and who were in the land of Shemlon,

and in the city of Lemuel, and in the city of Shimnilom.

Alma 23:14

And the Amalekites were not converted, save only one;

neither were any of the Amulonites;

but they did harden their hearts,

and also the hearts of the Lamanites in that part of the land

wheresoever they dwelt,

yea, and all their villages and all their cities.

Alma 23:15

Therefore, we have named all the cities of the Lamanites

in which they did repent

and come to the knowledge of the truth,

and were converted.

Alma 24:1

And it came to pass that the Amalekites and the Amulonites and the Lamanites

who were in the land of Amulon, and also in the land of Helam,

and who were in the land of Jerusalem,

and in fine, in all the land round about,

who had not been converted

and had not taken upon them the name of Anti-Nephi-Lehi,

were stirred up by the Amalekites and by the Amulonites

to anger against their brethren.

Alma 24:4

And the king died in that selfsame year

that the Lamanites began to make preparations for war against the people of God.

Alma 24:7

Now, these are the words which he said unto the people concerning the matter:

I thank my God, my beloved people,

that our great God has in goodness sent these our brethren, the Nephites, unto us

to preach unto us, and to convince us of the traditions of our wicked fathers.

Alma 24:14

And the great God has had mercy on us,

and made these things known unto us that we might not perish;

yea, and he has made these things known unto us beforehand,

because he loveth our souls as well as he loveth our children;

therefore, in his mercy he doth visit us by his angels,

that the plan of salvation might be made known unto us

as well as unto future generations.

Alma 24:15

Oh, how merciful is our God!

And now behold, since it has been as much as we could do

to get our stains taken away from us, and our swords are made bright,

let us hide them away that they may be kept bright,

as a testimony to our God at the last day,

or at the day that we shall be brought to stand before him to be judged,

that we have not stained our swords in the blood of our brethren

since he imparted his word unto us and has made us clean thereby.

Alma 24:16

And now, my brethren, if our brethren seek to destroy us,

behold, we will hide away our swords,

yea, even we will bury them deep in the earth,

that they may be kept bright,

as a testimony that we have never used them,

at the last day;

and if our brethren destroy us,

behold, we shall go to our God and shall be saved.

Alma 24:17

And now it came to pass that

when the king had made an end of these sayings,

and all the people were assembled together,

they took their swords, and all the weapons

which were used for the shedding of man's blood,

and they did bury them up deep in the earth.

Alma 24:18

And this they did,

it being in their view a testimony to God, and also to men,

that they never would use weapons again for the shedding of man's blood;

and this they did, vouching and covenanting with God, that

rather than shed the blood of their brethren

they would give up their own lives;

and rather than take away from a brother

they would give unto him;

and rather than spend their days in idleness

they would labor abundantly with their hands.

Alma 24:20

And it came to pass that their brethren, the Lamanites, made preparations for war,

and came up to the land of Nephi for the purpose of destroying the king,

and to place another in his stead,

and also of destroying the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi out of the land.

Alma 24:21

Now when the people saw that they were coming against them

they went out to meet them, and prostrated themselves before them to the earth,

and began to call on the name of the Lord;

and thus they were in this attitude

when the Lamanites began to fall upon them,

and began to slay them with the sword.

Alma 24:23

Now when the Lamanites saw that their brethren would not flee from the sword,

neither would they turn aside to the right hand or to the left,

but that they would lie down and perish,

and praised God even in the very act of perishing under the sword —

Alma 24:24

Now when the Lamanites saw this

they did forbear from slaying them;

and there were many whose hearts had swollen in them

for those of their brethren who had fallen under the sword,

for they repented of the things which they had done.

Alma 24:27

And there was not a wicked man slain among them;

but there were more than a thousand brought to the knowledge of the truth;

thus we see that the Lord worketh in many ways to the salvation of his people.

Alma 25:2

But they took their armies and went over into the borders of the land of Zarahemla,

and fell upon the people who were in the land of Ammonihah

and destroyed them.

Alma 25:3

And after that, they had many battles with the Nephites,

in the which they were driven and slain.

Alma 25:6

For many of them, after having suffered much loss and so many afflictions,

began to be stirred up in remembrance of the words

which Aaron and his brethren had preached to them in their land;

therefore they began to disbelieve the traditions of their fathers,

and to believe in the Lord,

and that he gave great power unto the Nephites;

and thus there were many of them converted in the wilderness.

Alma 25:7

And it came to pass that those rulers

who were the remnant of the children of Amulon

caused that they should be put to death,

yea, all those that believed in these things.

Alma 25:8

Now this martyrdom caused

that many of their brethren should be stirred up to anger;

and there began to be contention in the wilderness;

and the Lamanites began to hunt the seed of Amulon and his brethren

and began to slay them;

and they fled into the east wilderness.

Alma 25:11

And now Abinadi was the first

that suffered death by fire because of his belief in God;

now this is what he meant,

that many should suffer death by fire, according as he had suffered.

Alma 25:12

And he said unto the priests of Noah

that their seed should cause many to be put to death, in the like manner as he was,

and that they should be scattered abroad and slain,

even as a sheep having no shepherd is driven and slain by wild beasts;

and now behold, these words were verified,

for they were driven by the Lamanites,

and they were hunted, and they were smitten.

Alma 25:13

And it came to pass that

when the Lamanites saw that they could not overpower the Nephites

they returned again to their own land;

and many of them came over to dwell in the land of Ishmael and the land of Nephi,

and did join themselves to the people of God,

who were the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi.

Alma 25:14

And they did also bury their weapons of war, according as their brethren had,

and they began to be a righteous people;

and they did walk in the ways of the Lord,

and did observe to keep his commandments and his statutes.

Alma 25:16

Now they did not suppose that salvation came by the law of Moses;

but the law of Moses did serve to strengthen their faith in Christ;

and thus they did retain a hope through faith, unto eternal salvation,

relying upon the spirit of prophecy, which spake of those things to come.

Alma 25:17

And now behold, Ammon, and Aaron, and Omner, and Himni, and their brethren

did rejoice exceedingly, for the success which they had had among the Lamanites,

seeing that the Lord had granted unto them according to their prayers,

and that he had also verified his word unto them in every particular.

Alma 26:3

Behold, I answer for you;

for our brethren, the Lamanites, were in darkness,

yea, even in the darkest abyss,

but behold, how many of them are brought to behold the marvelous light of God!

And this is the blessing which hath been bestowed upon us,

that we have been made instruments in the hands of God

to bring about this great work.

Alma 26:5

Behold, the field was ripe,

and blessed are ye,

for ye did thrust in the sickle, and did reap with your might,

yea, all the day long did ye labor;

and behold the number of your sheaves!

And they shall be gathered into the garners,

that they are not wasted.

Alma 26:6

Yea, they shall not be beaten down by the storm at the last day;

yea, neither shall they be harrowed up by the whirlwinds;

but when the storm cometh they shall be gathered together in their place,

that the storm cannot penetrate to them;

yea, neither shall they be driven with fierce winds

whithersoever the enemy listeth to carry them.

Alma 26:7

But behold, they are in the hands of the Lord of the harvest,

and they are his; and he will raise them up at the last day.

Alma 26:11

But Ammon said unto him:

I do not boast in my own strength, nor in my own wisdom;

but behold, my joy is full,

yea, my heart is brim with joy,

and I will rejoice in my God.

Alma 26:12

Yea, I know that I am nothing;

as to my strength I am weak;

therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God,

for in his strength I can do all things;

yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land,

for which we will praise his name forever.

Alma 26:13

Behold, how many thousands of our brethren has he loosed from the pains of hell;

and they are brought to sing redeeming love,

and this because of the power of his word which is in us,

therefore have we not great reason to rejoice?

Alma 26:15

Yea, they were encircled about with everlasting darkness and destruction;

but behold, he has brought them into his everlasting light,

yea, into everlasting salvation;

and they are encircled about with the matchless bounty of his love;

yea, and we have been instruments in his hands

of doing this great and marvelous work.

Alma 26:16

Therefore, let us glory,

yea, we will glory in the Lord;

yea, we will rejoice, for our joy is full;

yea, we will praise our God forever.

Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord?

Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his mercy,

and of his long-suffering towards the children of men?

Behold, I say unto you,

I cannot say the smallest part which I feel.

Alma 26:18

Behold, we went forth even in wrath,

with mighty threatenings to destroy his church.

Alma 26:20

Oh, my soul, almost as it were, fleeth at the thought.

Behold, he did not exercise his justice upon us,

but in his great mercy hath brought us

over that everlasting gulf of death and misery,

even to the salvation of our souls.

Alma 26:23

Now do ye remember, my brethren,

that we said unto our brethren in the land of Zarahemla,

we go up to the land of Nephi, to preach unto our brethren, the Lamanites,

and they laughed us to scorn?

Alma 26:24

For they said unto us:

Do ye suppose that ye can bring the Lamanites to the knowledge of the truth?

Do ye suppose that ye can convince the Lamanites

of the incorrectness of the traditions of their fathers,

as stiffnecked a people as they are;

whose hearts delight in the shedding of blood;

whose days have been spent in the grossest iniquity;

whose ways have been the ways of a transgressor from the beginning?

Now my brethren, ye remember that this was their language.

Alma 26:28

And now behold, we have come, and been forth amongst them;

and we have been patient in our sufferings,

and we have suffered every privation;

yea, we have traveled from house to house,

relying upon the mercies of the world —

not upon the mercies of the world alone

but upon the mercies of God.

Alma 26:29

And we have entered into their houses and taught them,

and we have taught them in their streets;

yea, and we have taught them upon their hills;

and we have also entered into their temples and their synagogues and taught them;

and we have been cast out, and mocked, and spit upon, and smote upon our cheeks;

and we have been stoned,

and taken and bound with strong cords, and cast into prison;

and through the power and wisdom of God we have been delivered again.

Alma 26:32

For behold, they had rather sacrifice their lives

than even to take the life of their enemy;

and they have buried their weapons of war deep in the earth,

because of their love towards their brethren.

Alma 26:33

And now behold I say unto you,

has there been so great love in all the land?

Behold, I say unto you, Nay,

there has not, even among the Nephites.

Alma 26:35

Now have we not reason to rejoice?

Yea, I say unto you,

there never were men that had so great reason to rejoice as we,

since the world began;

yea, and my joy is carried away, even unto boasting in my God;

for he has all power, all wisdom, and all understanding;

he comprehendeth all things, and he is a merciful Being,

even unto salvation, to those who will repent and believe on his name.

Alma 26:36

Now if this is boasting, even so will I boast;

for this is my life and my light,

my joy and my salvation, and my redemption from everlasting wo.

Yea, blessed is the name of my God,

who has been mindful of this people,

who are a branch of the tree of Israel,

and has been lost from its body in a strange land;

yea, I say,

blessed be the name of my God,

who has been mindful of us,

wanderers in a strange land.

Alma 26:37

Now my brethren, we see that God is mindful of every people,

whatsoever land they may be in;

yea, he numbereth his people,

and his bowels of mercy are over all the earth.

Now this is my joy, and my great thanksgiving;

yea, and I will give thanks unto my God forever.

Amen.