Unit 61

if

14 occurrences in 12 verses

Alma 36:5, 9,

Alma 37:5, 12, 13, 15, 16, 22, 37, 40, 45, 46

Alma 36:5

Now, behold, I say unto you,

if I had not been born of God I should not have known these things;

but God has, by the mouth of his holy angel, made these things known unto me,

not of any worthiness of myself;

Alma 36:9

And he said unto me:

if thou wilt of thyself be destroyed,

seek no more to destroy the church of God.

Alma 37:5

And now behold, if they are kept they must retain their brightness;

yea, and they will retain their brightness;

yea, and also shall all the plates which do contain that which is holy writ.

Alma 37:12

And it may suffice if I only say

they are preserved for a wise purpose,

which purpose is known unto God;

for he doth counsel in wisdom over all his works,

and his paths are straight,

and his course is one eternal round.

Alma 37:13

O remember, remember, my son Helaman,

how strict are the commandments of God.

And he said:

if ye will keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land —

but if ye keep not his commandments

ye shall be cut off from his presence.

Alma 37:15

And now behold, I tell you by the spirit of prophecy,

that if ye transgress the commandments of God,

behold, these things which are sacred

shall be taken away from you by the power of God,

and ye shall be delivered up unto Satan,

that he may sift you as chaff before the wind.

Alma 37:16

But if ye keep the commandments of God,

and do with these things which are sacred

according to that which the Lord doth command you,

(for you must appeal unto the Lord

for all things whatsoever ye must do with them)

behold, no power of earth or hell can take them from you,

for God is powerful to the fulfilling of all his words.

Alma 37:22

For behold, the Lord saw that his people began to work in darkness,

yea, work secret murders and abominations;

therefore the Lord said,

if they did not repent

they should be destroyed from off the face of the earth.

Alma 37:37

Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings,

and he will direct thee for good;

yea, when thou liest down at night

lie down unto the Lord,

that he may watch over you in your sleep;

and when thou risest in the morning

let thy heart be full of thanks unto God;

and if ye do these things,

ye shall be lifted up at the last day.

Alma 37:40

And it did work for them according to their faith in God;

therefore, if they had faith to believe

that God could cause that those spindles should point the way they should go,

behold, it was done;

therefore they had this miracle,

and also many other miracles

wrought by the power of God, day by day.

Alma 37:45

And now I say,

is there not a type in this thing?

For just as surely as this director did bring our fathers,

by following its course, to the promised land,

shall the words of Christ, if we follow their course, carry us

beyond this vale of sorrow into a far better land of promise.

Alma 37:46

O my son, do not let us be slothful because of the easiness of the way;

for so was it with our fathers;

for so was it prepared for them,

that if they would look they might live;

even so it is with us.

The way is prepared,

and if we will look we may live forever.