Unit 61

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27 occurrences in 26 verses

Alma 36:3, 5, 16, 18, 19, 24, 25, 30,

Alma 37:1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 21, 24, 26, 27, 32, 38, 43, 45, 47

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 36:5

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 36:16

And now, for three days and for three nights was I racked,

even with the pains of a damned soul.

Alma 36:18

now, as my mind caught hold upon this thought,

I cried within my heart:

O Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me,

who am in the gall of bitterness,

and am encircled about by the everlasting chains of death.

Alma 36:19

And now, behold, when I thought this,

I could remember my pains no more;

yea, I was harrowed up by the memory of my sins no more.

Alma 36:24

Yea, and from that time even until now, I have labored without ceasing,

that I might bring souls unto repentance;

that I might bring them to taste of the exceeding joy of which I did taste;

that they might also be born of God, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

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 37:5

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 37:6

now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me;

but behold I say unto you,

that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass;

and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.

Alma 37:8

And now, it has hitherto been wisdom in God

that these things should be preserved;

for behold, they have enlarged the memory of this people,

yea, and convinced many of the error of their ways,

and brought them to the knowledge of their God

unto the salvation of their souls.

Alma 37:10

And who knoweth but what they will be the means

of bringing many thousands of them,

yea, and also many thousands of our stiffnecked brethren, the Nephites,

who are now hardening their hearts in sin and iniquities,

to the knowledge of their Redeemer?

Alma 37:11

now these mysteries are not yet fully made known unto me;

therefore I shall forbear.

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 37:15

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 37:19

And now behold, one purpose hath he fulfilled,

even to the restoration of many thousands of the Lamanites

to the knowledge of the truth;

and he hath shown forth his power in them,

and he will also still show forth his power in them unto future generations;

therefore they shall be preserved.

Alma 37:21

And now, I will speak unto you concerning those twenty-four plates,

that ye keep them,

that the mysteries and the works of darkness, and their secret works,

or the secret works of those people who have been destroyed,

may be made manifest unto this people;

yea, all their murders, and robbings, and their plunderings,

and all their wickedness and abominations, may be made manifest unto this people;

yea, and that ye preserve these interpreters.

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 37:38

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 37:45

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 37:47

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.