Unit 60

behold

81 occurrences in 63 verses

Alma 30:1, 14, 15, 16, 20, 24, 25, 26, 32, 39, 41, 42, 46, 47, 51, 53, 59,

Alma 31:12, 20, 26, 27, 28, 35, 36,

Alma 32:2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 18, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42,

Alma 33:2, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23,

Alma 34:8, 11, 14, 28, 31, 32, 33, 35, 39

Alma 30:1

behold, now it came to pass that

after the people of Ammon were established in the land of Jershon,

yea, and also after the Lamanites were driven out of the land,

and their dead were buried by the people of the land —

Alma 30:14

behold, these things which ye call prophecies,

which ye say are handed down by holy prophets,

behold, they are foolish traditions of your fathers.

Alma 30:15

How do ye know of their surety?

behold, ye cannot know of things which ye do not see;

therefore ye cannot know that there shall be a Christ.

Alma 30:16

Ye look forward and say that ye see a remission of your sins.

But behold, it is the effect of a frenzied mind;

and this derangement of your minds comes because of the traditions of your fathers,

which lead you away into a belief of things which are not so.

Alma 30:20

But behold they were more wise than many of the Nephites;

for they took him, and bound him, and carried him before Ammon,

who was a high priest over that people.

Alma 30:24

Ye say that this people is a free people.

behold, I say they are in bondage.

Ye say that those ancient prophecies are true.

behold, I say that ye do not know that they are true.

Alma 30:25

Ye say that this people is a guilty and a fallen people,

because of the transgression of a parent.

behold, I say that a child is not guilty because of its parents.

Alma 30:26

And ye also say that Christ shall come.

But behold, I say that ye do not know that there shall be a Christ.

And ye say also that he shall be slain for the sins of the world —

Alma 30:32

Now Alma said unto him:

Thou knowest that we do not glut ourselves upon the labors of this people;

for behold I have labored

even from the commencement of the reign of the judges until now,

with mine own hands for my support,

notwithstanding my many travels round about the land

to declare the word of God unto my people.

Alma 30:39

Now Alma said unto him:

Will ye deny again that there is a God, and also deny the Christ?

For behold, I say unto you,

I know there is a God, and also that Christ shall come.

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 30:42

behold, I know that thou believest,

but thou art possessed with a lying spirit,

and ye have put off the Spirit of God that it may have no place in you;

but the devil has power over you,

and he doth carry you about,

working devices that he may destroy the children of God.

Alma 30:46

And now it came to pass that Alma said unto him:

behold, I am grieved because of the hardness of your heart,

yea, that ye will still resist the spirit of the truth,

that thy soul may be destroyed.

Alma 30:47

But behold, it is better that thy soul should be lost

than that thou shouldst be the means of bringing many souls down to destruction,

by thy lying and by thy flattering words;

therefore if thou shalt deny again,

behold God shall smite thee, that thou shalt become dumb,

that thou shalt never open thy mouth any more,

that thou shalt not deceive this people any more.

Alma 30:51

And now when the chief judge saw this,

he put forth his hand and wrote unto Korihor, saying:

Art thou convinced of the power of God?

In whom did ye desire that Alma should show forth his sign?

Would ye that he should afflict others, to show unto thee a sign?

behold, he has showed unto you a sign;

and now will ye dispute more?

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 30:59

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 31:12

Now, when they had come into the land,

behold, to their astonishment they found that the Zoramites had built synagogues,

and that they did gather themselves together on one day of the week,

which day they did call the day of the Lord;

and they did worship after a manner

which Alma and his brethren had never beheld;

Alma 31:20

For behold, every man did go forth and offer up these same prayers.

Alma 31:26

And he lifted up his voice to heaven, and cried, saying:

O, how long, O Lord, wilt thou suffer

that thy servants shall dwell here below in the flesh,

to behold such gross wickedness among the children of men?

Alma 31:27

behold, O God, they cry unto thee,

and yet their hearts are swallowed up in their pride.

behold, O God, they cry unto thee with their mouths,

while they are puffed up, even to greatness, with the vain things of the world.

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 31:35

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 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 32:8

I behold that ye are lowly in heart;

and if so, blessed are ye.

Alma 32:9

behold thy brother hath said,

What shall we do? —

for we are cast out of our synagogues, that we cannot worship our God.

Alma 32:10

behold I say unto you,

do ye suppose that ye cannot worship God save it be in your synagogues only?

Alma 32:18

Now I ask,

is this faith?

behold, I say unto you, Nay;

for if a man knoweth a thing he hath no cause to believe,

for he knoweth it.

Alma 32:20

Now of this thing ye must judge.

behold, I say unto you, that it is on the one hand even as it is on the other;

and it shall be unto every man according to his work.

Alma 32:22

And now, behold, I say unto you, and I would that ye should remember,

that God is merciful unto all who believe on his name;

therefore he desireth, in the first place,

that ye should believe, yea, even on his word.

Alma 32:27

But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties,

even to an experiment upon my words,

and exercise a particle of faith,

yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe,

let this desire work in you, even until ye believe in a manner

that ye can give place for a portion of my words.

Alma 32:28

Now, we will compare the word unto a seed.

Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart,

behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed,

if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief,

that ye will resist the Spirit of the Lord,

behold, it will begin to swell within your breasts;

and when you feel these swelling motions,

ye will begin to say within yourselves —

It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good,

for it beginneth to enlarge my soul;

yea, it beginneth to enlighten my understanding,

yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me.

Alma 32:29

Now behold, would not this increase your faith?

I say unto you, Yea;

nevertheless it hath not grown up to a perfect knowledge.

Alma 32:30

But behold, as the seed swelleth, and sprouteth, and beginneth to grow,

then you must needs say that the seed is good;

for behold it swelleth, and sprouteth, and beginneth to grow.

And now, behold, will not this strengthen your faith?

Yea, it will strengthen your faith:

for ye will say

I know that this is a good seed;

for behold it sprouteth and beginneth to grow.

Alma 32:31

And now, behold, are ye sure that this is a good seed?

I say unto you, Yea;

for every seed bringeth forth unto its own likeness.

Alma 32:32

Therefore, if a seed groweth it is good,

but if it groweth not, behold it is not good,

therefore it is cast away.

Alma 32:33

And now, behold, because ye have tried the experiment, and planted the seed,

and it swelleth and sprouteth, and beginneth to grow,

ye must needs know that the seed is good.

Alma 32:34

And now, behold, is your knowledge perfect?

Yea, your knowledge is perfect in that thing, and your faith is dormant;

and this because you know,

for ye know that the word hath swelled your souls,

and ye also know that it hath sprouted up,

that your understanding doth begin to be enlightened,

and your mind doth begin to expand.

Alma 32:35

O then, is not this real?

I say unto you,

Yea, because it is light;

and whatsoever is light, is good, because it is discernible,

therefore ye must know that it is good;

and now behold, after ye have tasted this light is your knowledge perfect?

Alma 32:36

behold I say unto you, Nay;

neither must ye lay aside your faith,

for ye have only exercised your faith to plant the seed

that ye might try the experiment to know if the seed was good.

Alma 32:37

And behold, as the tree beginneth to grow, ye will say:

Let us nourish it with great care, that it may get root,

that it may grow up, and bring forth fruit unto us.

And now behold, if ye nourish it with much care

it will get root, and grow up, and bring forth fruit.

Alma 32:38

But if ye neglect the tree, and take no thought for its nourishment,

behold it will not get any root;

and when the heat of the sun cometh and scorcheth it,

because it hath no root it withers away,

and ye pluck it up and cast it out.

Alma 32:41

But if ye will nourish the word,

yea, nourish the tree as it beginneth to grow, by your faith

with great diligence, and with patience,

looking forward to the fruit thereof,

it shall take root;

and behold it shall be a tree springing up unto everlasting life.

Alma 32:42

And because of your diligence and your faith and your patience with the word

in nourishing it, that it may take root in you,

behold, by and by ye shall pluck the fruit thereof, which is most precious,

which is sweet above all that is sweet,

and which is white above all that is white,

yea, and pure above all that is pure;

and ye shall feast upon this fruit even until ye are filled,

that ye hunger not, neither shall ye thirst.

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 33:13

behold, if ye do, ye must believe what Zenos said;

for, behold he said:

Thou hast turned away thy judgments because of thy Son.

Alma 33:14

Now behold, my brethren, I would ask if ye have read the scriptures?

If ye have, how can ye disbelieve on the Son of God?

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 33:18

But behold, this is not all;

these are not the only ones who have spoken concerning the Son of God.

Alma 33:19

behold, he was spoken of by Moses;

yea, and behold a type was raised up in the wilderness,

that whosoever would look upon it might live.

And many did look and live.

Alma 33:21

O my brethren, if ye could be healed

by merely casting about your eyes that ye might be healed,

would ye not behold quickly,

or would ye rather harden your hearts in unbelief, and be slothful,

that ye would not cast about your eyes, that ye might perish?

Alma 33:23

And now, my brethren, I desire that ye shall plant this word in your hearts,

and as it beginneth to swell even so nourish it by your faith.

And behold, it will become a tree, springing up in you unto everlasting life.

And then may God grant unto you

that your burdens may be light, through the joy of his Son.

And even all this can ye do if ye will.

Amen.

Alma 34:8

And now, behold, I will testify unto you of myself that these things are true.

behold, I say unto you, that I do know

that Christ shall come among the children of men,

to take upon him the transgressions of his people,

and that he shall atone for the sins of the world;

for the Lord God hath spoken it.

Alma 34:11

Now there is not any man that can sacrifice his own blood

which will atone for the sins of another.

Now, if a man murdereth,

behold will our law, which is just, take the life of his brother?

I say unto you, Nay.

Alma 34:14

And behold, this is the whole meaning of the law,

every whit pointing to that great and last sacrifice;

and that great and last sacrifice will be the Son of God,

yea, infinite and eternal.

Alma 34:28

And now behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you,

do not suppose that this is all;

for after ye have done all these things,

if ye turn away the needy, and the naked,

and visit not the sick and afflicted,

and impart of your substance, if ye have,

to those who stand in need —

I say unto you,

if ye do not any of these things,

behold, your prayer is vain, and availeth you nothing,

and ye are as hypocrites who do deny the faith.

Alma 34:31

Yea, I would that ye would come forth and harden not your hearts any longer;

for behold, now is the time and the day of your salvation;

and therefore, if ye will repent and harden not your hearts,

immediately shall the great plan of redemption be brought about unto you.

Alma 34:32

For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God;

yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors.

Alma 34:33

And now, as I said unto you before,

as ye have had so many witnesses,

therefore, I beseech of you

that ye do not procrastinate the day of your repentance until the end;

for after this day of life, which is given us to prepare for eternity,

behold, if we do not improve our time while in this life,

then cometh the night of darkness wherein there can be no labor performed.

Alma 34:35

For behold, if ye have procrastinated the day of your repentance even until death,

behold, ye have become subjected to the spirit of the devil,

and he doth seal you his;

therefore, the Spirit of the Lord hath withdrawn from you, and hath no place in you,

and the devil hath all power over you;

and this is the final state of the wicked.

Alma 34:39

Yea, and I also exhort you, my brethren,

that ye be watchful unto prayer continually,

that ye may not be led away by the temptations of the devil,

that he may not overpower you,

that ye may not become his subjects at the last day;

for behold, he rewardeth you no good thing.