Unit 60

them

74 occurrences in 53 verses

Alma 30:17, 18, 21, 23, 27, 28, 31, 41, 45, 53, 57, 59, 60,

Alma 31:5, 7, 8, 11, 16, 17, 21, 22, 28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38,

Alma 32:2, 5, 6, 7, 23, 25,

Alma 33:2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20,

Alma 34:1, 16, 24, 40,

Alma 35:3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16

Alma 30:17

And many more such things did he say unto them,

telling them that there could be no atonement made for the sins of men,

but every man fared in this life according to the management of the creature;

therefore every man prospered according to his genius,

and that every man conquered according to his strength;

and whatsoever a man did was no crime.

Alma 30:18

And thus he did preach unto them,

leading away the hearts of many,

causing them to lift up their heads in their wickedness,

yea, leading away many women, and also men, to commit whoredoms —

telling them that when a man was dead, that was the end thereof.

Alma 30:21

And it came to pass that he caused that he should be carried out of the land.

And he came over into the land of Gideon,

and began to preach unto them also;

and here he did not have much success,

for he was taken and bound and carried before the high priest,

and also the chief judge over the land.

Alma 30:23

Now the high priest's name was Giddonah.

And Korihor said unto him:

Because I do not teach the foolish traditions of your fathers,

and because I do not teach this people to bind themselves down

under the foolish ordinances and performances

which are laid down by ancient priests,

to usurp power and authority over them,

to keep them in ignorance,

that they may not lift up their heads,

but be brought down according to thy words.

Alma 30:27

And thus ye lead away this people after the foolish traditions of your fathers,

and according to your own desires;

and ye keep them down, even as it were in bondage,

that ye may glut yourselves with the labors of their hands,

that they durst not look up with boldness,

and that they durst not enjoy their rights and privileges.

Alma 30:28

Yea, they durst not make use of that which is their own

lest they should offend their priests,

who do yoke them according to their desires,

and have brought them to believe, by their traditions and their dreams

and their whims and their visions and their pretended mysteries,

that they should, if they did not do according to their words,

offend some unknown being, who they say is God —

a being who never has been seen or known,

who never was nor ever will be.

Alma 30:31

And he did rise up in great swelling words before Alma,

and did revile against the priests and teachers,

accusing them of leading away the people after the silly traditions of their fathers,

for the sake of glutting on the labors of the people.

Alma 30:41

But, behold, I have all things as a testimony that these things are true;

and ye also have all things as a testimony unto you that they are true;

and will ye deny them?

Believest thou that these things are true?

Alma 30:45

And yet do ye go about, leading away the hearts of this people,

testifying unto them there is no God?

And yet will ye deny against all these witnesses?

And he said:

Yea, I will deny, except ye shall show me a sign.

Alma 30:53

But behold, the devil hath deceived me;

for he appeared unto me in the form of an angel, and said unto me:

Go and reclaim this people,

for they have all gone astray after an unknown God.

And he said unto me:

There is no God;

yea, and he taught me that which I should say.

And I have taught his words;

and I taught them because they were pleasing unto the carnal mind;

and I taught them, even until I had much success,

insomuch that I verily believed that they were true;

and for this cause I withstood the truth,

even until I have brought this great curse upon me.

Alma 30:57

Now the knowledge of what had happened unto Korihor

was immediately published throughout all the land;

yea, the proclamation was sent forth by the chief judge to all the people in the land,

declaring unto those who had believed in the words of Korihor

that they must speedily repent, lest the same judgments would come unto them.

Alma 30:59

And it came to pass that as he went forth among the people,

yea, among a people who had separated themselves from the Nephites

and called themselves Zoramites, being led by a man whose name was Zoram —

and as he went forth amongst them,

behold, he was run upon and trodden down, even until he was dead.

Alma 30:60

And thus we see the end of him who perverteth the ways of the Lord;

and thus we see that the devil will not support his children at the last day,

but doth speedily drag them down to hell.

Alma 31:5

And now, as the preaching of the word had a great tendency

to lead the people to do that which was just —

yea, it had had more powerful effect upon the minds of the people

than the sword, or anything else, which had happened unto them —

therefore Alma thought it was expedient

that they should try the virtue of the word of God.

Alma 31:7

Now the eldest of his sons he took not with him, and his name was Helaman;

but the names of those whom he took with him were Shiblon and Corianton;

and these are the names of those who went with him among the Zoramites,

to preach unto them the word.

Alma 31:8

Now the Zoramites were dissenters from the Nephites;

therefore they had had the word of God preached unto them.

Alma 31:11

Yea, in fine, they did pervert the ways of the Lord in very many instances;

therefore, for this cause, Alma and his brethren went into the land

to preach the word unto them.

Alma 31:16

Holy God, we believe that thou hast separated us from our brethren;

and we do not believe in the tradition of our brethren,

which was handed down to them by the childishness of their fathers;

but we believe that thou hast elected us to be thy holy children;

and also thou hast made it known unto us that there shall be no Christ.

Alma 31:17

But thou art the same yesterday, today, and forever;

and thou hast elected us that we shall be saved,

whilst all around us are elected to be cast by thy wrath down to hell;

for the which holiness, O God, we thank thee;

and we also thank thee that thou hast elected us,

that we may not be led away after the foolish traditions of our brethren,

which doth bind them down to a belief of Christ,

which doth lead their hearts to wander far from thee, our God.

Alma 31:21

Now the place was called by them Rameumptom,

which, being interpreted, is the holy stand.

Alma 31:22

Now, from this stand they did offer up, every man, the selfsame prayer unto God,

thanking their God that they were chosen of him,

and that he did not lead them away after the tradition of their brethren,

and that their hearts were not stolen away

to believe in things to come, which they knew nothing about.

Alma 31:28

Behold, O my God, their costly apparel,

and their ringlets, and their bracelets, and their ornaments of gold,

and all their precious things which they are ornamented with;

and behold, their hearts are set upon them,

and yet they cry unto thee and say —

We thank thee, O God, for we are a chosen people unto thee,

while others shall perish.

Alma 31:29

Yea, and they say that thou hast made it known unto them

that there shall be no Christ.

Alma 31:33

Wilt thou grant unto them that they may have strength,

that they may bear their afflictions which shall come upon them

because of the iniquities of this people.

Alma 31:34

O Lord, wilt thou grant unto us

that we may have success in bringing them again unto thee in Christ.

Alma 31:35

Behold, O Lord, their souls are precious,

and many of them are our brethren;

therefore, give unto us, O Lord, power and wisdom

that we may bring these, our brethren, again unto thee.

Alma 31:36

Now it came to pass that when Alma had said these words,

that he clapped his hands upon all them who were with him.

And behold, as he clapped his hands upon them,

they were filled with the Holy Spirit.

Alma 31:38

And the Lord provided for them

that they should hunger not, neither should they thirst;

yea, and he also gave them strength, that they should suffer no manner of afflictions,

save it were swallowed up in the joy of Christ.

Now this was according to the prayer of Alma;

and this because he prayed in faith.

Alma 32:2

And it came to pass that after much labor among them,

they began to have success among the poor class of people;

for behold, they were cast out of the synagogues

because of the coarseness of their apparel —

Alma 32:5

And they came unto Alma;

and the one who was the foremost among them said unto him:

Behold, what shall these my brethren do,

for they are despised of all men because of their poverty,

yea, and more especially by our priests;

for they have cast us out of our synagogues

which we have labored abundantly to build with our own hands;

and they have cast us out because of our exceeding poverty;

and we have no place to worship our God; and behold, what shall we do?

Alma 32:6

And now when Alma heard this,

he turned him about, his face immediately towards him,

and he beheld with great joy;

for he beheld that their afflictions had truly humbled them,

and that they were in a preparation to hear the word.

Alma 32:7

Therefore he did say no more to the other multitude;

but he stretched forth his hand,

and cried unto those whom he beheld, who were truly penitent,

and said unto them:

Alma 32:23

And now, he imparteth his word by angels unto men,

yea, not only men but women also.

Now this is not all;

little children do have words given unto them many times,

which confound the wise and the learned.

Alma 32:25

For I do not mean that ye all of you have been compelled to humble yourselves;

for I verily believe that there are some among you who would humble themselves,

let them be in whatsoever circumstances they might.

Alma 33:2

And Alma said unto them:

Behold, ye have said that ye could not worship your God

because ye are cast out of your synagogues.

But behold, I say unto you,

if ye suppose that ye cannot worship God, ye do greatly err,

and ye ought to search the scriptures;

if ye suppose that they have taught you this,

ye do not understand them.

Alma 33:4

For he said:

Thou art merciful, O God,

for thou hast heard my prayer,

even when I was in the wilderness;

yea, thou wast merciful

when I prayed concerning those who were mine enemies,

and thou didst turn them to me.

Alma 33:8

Yea, thou art merciful unto thy children

when they cry unto thee, to be heard of thee and not of men,

and thou wilt hear them.

Alma 33:10

Yea, and thou hast also heard me

when I have been cast out and have been despised by mine enemies;

yea, thou didst hear my cries, and wast angry with mine enemies,

and thou didst visit them in thine anger with speedy destruction.

Alma 33:12

And now Alma said unto them:

Do ye believe those scriptures which have been written by them of old?

Alma 33:16

For behold, he said:

Thou art angry, O Lord, with this people,

because they will not understand thy mercies

which thou hast bestowed upon them because of thy Son.

Alma 33:20

But few understood the meaning of those things,

and this because of the hardness of their hearts.

But there were many who were so hardened that they would not look,

therefore they perished.

Now the reason they would not look

is because they did not believe that it would heal them.

Alma 34:1

And now it came to pass that

after Alma had spoken these words unto them

he sat down upon the ground,

and Amulek arose and began to teach them, saying:

Alma 34:16

And thus mercy can satisfy the demands of justice,

and encircles them in the arms of safety,

while he that exercises no faith unto repentance

is exposed to the whole law of the demands of justice;

therefore only unto him that has faith unto repentance

is brought about the great and eternal plan of redemption.

Alma 34:24

Cry unto him over the crops of your fields, that ye may prosper in them.

Alma 34:40

And now my beloved brethren, I would exhort you to have patience,

and that ye bear with all manner of afflictions;

that ye do not revile against those

who do cast you out because of your exceeding poverty,

lest ye become sinners like unto them;

Alma 35:3

And it came to pass that

after the more popular part of the Zoramites had consulted together

concerning the words which had been preached unto them,

they were angry because of the word,

for it did destroy their craft; therefore they would not hearken unto the words.

Alma 35:4

And they sent and gathered together throughout all the land all the people,

and consulted with them concerning the words which had been spoken.

Alma 35:7

And it came to pass that Alma and his brethren did minister unto them.

Alma 35:8

Now the people of the Zoramites were angry

with the people of Ammon who were in Jershon,

and the chief ruler of the Zoramites, being a very wicked man,

sent over unto the people of Ammon

desiring them that they should cast out of their land

all those who came over from them into their land.

Alma 35:9

And he breathed out many threatenings against them.

And now the people of Ammon did not fear their words;

therefore they did not cast them out,

but they did receive all the poor of the Zoramites that came over unto them;

and they did nourish them, and did clothe them,

and did give unto them lands for their inheritance;

and they did administer unto them according to their wants.

Alma 35:10

Now this did stir up the Zoramites to anger against the people of Ammon,

and they began to mix with the Lamanites a

nd to stir them up also to anger against them.

Alma 35:15

Now Alma, being grieved for the iniquity of his people,

yea for the wars, and the bloodsheds, and the contentions which were among them;

and having been to declare the word, or sent to declare the word,

among all the people in every city;

and seeing that the hearts of the people began to wax hard,

and that they began to be offended because of the strictness of the word,

his heart was exceedingly sorrowful.

Alma 35:16

Therefore, he caused that his sons should be gathered together,

that he might give unto them every one his charge, separately,

concerning the things pertaining unto righteousness.

And we have an account of his commandments, which he gave unto them

according to his own record.