Unit 59

according

8 occurrences in 7 verses

Alma 27:3,

Alma 28:11, 12,

Alma 29:4, 5, 8, 17

Alma 27:3

Now this people again refused to take their arms,

and they suffered themselves to be slain according to the desires of their enemies.

Alma 28:11

And the bodies of many thousands are laid low in the earth,

while the bodies of many thousands are moldering

in heaps upon the face of the earth;

yea, and many thousands are mourning for the loss of their kindred,

because they have reason to fear, according to the promises of the Lord,

that they are consigned to a state of endless wo.

Alma 28:12

While many thousands of others truly mourn for the loss of their kindred,

yet they rejoice and exult in the hope,

and even know, according to the promises of the Lord,

that they are raised to dwell at the right hand of God,

in a state of never-ending happiness.

Alma 29:4

I ought not to harrow up in my desires, the firm decree of a just God,

for I know that he granteth unto men according to their desire,

whether it be unto death or unto life;

yea, I know that he allotteth unto men,

yea, decreeth unto them decrees which are unalterable, according to their wills,

whether they be unto salvation or unto destruction.

Alma 29:5

Yea, and I know that good and evil have come before all men;

he that knoweth not good from evil is blameless;

but he that knoweth good and evil,

to him it is given according to his desires,

whether he desireth good or evil, life or death, joy or remorse of conscience.

Alma 29:8

For behold, the Lord doth grant

unto all nations, of their own nation and tongue,

to teach his word,

yea, in wisdom, all that he seeth fit that they should have;

therefore we see that the Lord doth counsel in wisdom,

according to that which is just and true.

Alma 29:17

And now may God grant unto these, my brethren,

that they may sit down in the kingdom of God;

yea, and also all those who are the fruit of their labors

that they may go no more out,

but that they may praise him forever.

And may God grant that it may be done according to my words,

even as I have spoken.

Amen.