Unit 61

my son

20 occurrences in 18 verses

Alma 36:1, 3, 21, 25, 30,

Alma 37:1, 13, 14, 20, 24, 26, 27, 32, 35, 38, 43, 46, 47

Alma 36:1

my son, give ear to my words;

for I swear unto you,

that inasmuch as ye shall keep the commandments of God

ye shall prosper in the land.

Alma 36:3

And now, O my son Helaman,

behold, thou art in thy youth,

and therefore, I beseech of thee

that thou wilt hear my words and learn of me;

for I do know that whosoever shall put their trust in God

shall be supported in their trials, and their troubles, and their afflictions,

and shall be lifted up at the last day.

Alma 36:21

Yea, I say unto you, my son,

that there could be nothing so exquisite and so bitter as were my pains.

Yea, and again I say unto you, my son,

that on the other hand,

there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy.

Alma 36:25

Yea, and now behold, O my son,

the Lord doth give me exceedingly great joy in the fruit of my labors;

Alma 36:30

But behold, my son, this is not all;

for ye ought to know as I do know,

that inasmuch as ye shall keep the commandments of God

ye shall prosper in the land;

and ye ought to know also,

that inasmuch as ye will not keep the commandments of God

ye shall be cut off from his presence.

Now this is according to his word.

Alma 37:1

And now, my son Helaman,

I command you that ye take the records

which have been entrusted with me;

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 37:14

And now remember, my son,

that God has entrusted you with these things, which are sacred,

which he has kept sacred,

and also which he will keep and preserve for a wise purpose in him,

that he may show forth his power unto future generations.

Alma 37:20

Therefore I command you, my son Helaman,

that ye be diligent in fulfilling all my words,

and that ye be diligent in keeping the commandments of God

as they are written.

Alma 37:24

And now, my son, these interpreters were prepared

that the word of God might be fulfilled, which he spake, saying:

Alma 37:26

And now, my son, we see that they did not repent;

therefore they have been destroyed,

and thus far the word of God has been fulfilled;

yea, their secret abominations have been brought out of darkness

and made known unto us.

Alma 37:27

And now, my son, I command you

that ye retain all their oaths, and their covenants,

and their agreements in their secret abominations;

yea, and all their signs and their wonders ye shall keep from this people,

that they know them not,

lest peradventure they should fall into darkness also and be destroyed.

Alma 37:32

And now, my son, remember the words which I have spoken unto you;

trust not those secret plans unto this people,

but teach them an everlasting hatred against sin and iniquity.

Alma 37:35

O, remember, my son, and learn wisdom in thy youth;

yea, learn in thy youth to keep the commandments of God.

Alma 37:38

And now, my son, I have somewhat to say

concerning the thing which our fathers call a ball, or director —

or our fathers called it Liahona,

which is, being interpreted, a compass;

and the Lord prepared it.

Alma 37:43

And now, my son, I would that ye should understand

that these things are not without a shadow;

for as our fathers were slothful to give heed to this compass

(now these things were temporal)

they did not prosper;

even so it is with things which are spiritual.

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.

Alma 37:47

And now, my son, see that ye take care of these sacred things,

yea, see that ye look to God and live.

Go unto this people and declare the word,

and be sober.

my son, farewell.