Unit 59

of the Lord

9 occurrences in 9 verses

Alma 27:5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 30,

Alma 28:11, 12, 14

Alma 27:5

Let us gather together this people of the Lord,

and let us go down to the land of Zarahemla to our brethren the Nephites,

and flee out of the hands of our enemies, that we be not destroyed.

Alma 27:7

And Ammon said:

I will go and inquire of the Lord,

and if he say unto us, go down unto our brethren, will ye go?

Alma 27:10

But the king said unto him:

Inquire of the Lord,

and if he saith unto us go, we will go;

otherwise we will perish in the land.

Alma 27:11

And it came to pass that Ammon went and inquired of the Lord,

and the Lord said unto him:

Alma 27:14

And they gathered together all their people,

yea, all the people of the Lord,

and did gather together all their flocks and herds,

and departed out of the land, and came into the wilderness

which divided the land of Nephi from the land of Zarahemla,

and came over near the borders of the land.

Alma 27:30

And thus they were a zealous and beloved people,

a highly favored people of the Lord.

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 28:14

And thus we see the great call of diligence of men

to labor in the vineyards of the Lord;

and thus we see the great reason of sorrow, and also of rejoicing —

sorrow because of death and destruction among men,

and joy because of the light of Christ unto life.