Unit 59

the Lord

22 occurrences in 17 verses

Alma 27:5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 30,

Alma 28:8, 11, 12, 14,

Alma 29:3, 8, 9, 10, 11

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 27:8

And the king said unto him:

Yea, if the Lord saith unto us go, we will go down unto our brethren,

and we will be their slaves

until we repair unto them the many murders and sins

which we have committed against them.

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 27:13

And now it came to pass that Ammon went and told the king

all the words which the Lord had 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 28:8

And this is the account of Ammon and his brethren,

their journeyings in the land of Nephi,

their sufferings in the land,

their sorrows, and their afflictions,

and their incomprehensible joy,

and the reception and safety of the brethren in the land of Jershon.

And now may the Lord, the Redeemer of all men, bless their souls forever.

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.

Alma 29:3

But behold, I am a man, and do sin in my wish;

for I ought to be content with the things which the Lord hath allotted unto me.

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 29:9

I know that which the Lord hath commanded me,

and I glory in it.

I do not glory of myself,

but I glory in that which the Lord hath commanded me;

yea, and this is my glory,

that perhaps I may be an instrument in the hands of God

to bring some soul to repentance;

and this is my joy.

Alma 29:10

And behold, when I see many of my brethren truly penitent,

and coming to the Lord their God,

then is my soul filled with joy;

then do I remember what the Lord has done for me,

yea, even that he hath heard my prayer;

yea, then do I remember his merciful arm which he extended towards me.

Alma 29:11

Yea, and I also remember the captivity of my fathers;

for I surely do know that the Lord did deliver them out of bondage,

and by this did establish his church;

yea, the Lord God, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,

did deliver them out of bondage.