Unit 65

thus

27 occurrences in 23 verses

Alma 45:16,

Alma 46:6, 7, 8, 14, 36, 37, 39,

Alma 47:30, 34, 35,

Alma 48:2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 20,

Alma 49:7, 15, 19, 20, 23, 29

Alma 45:16

And he said:

thus saith the Lord God —

Cursed shall be the land, yea, this land,

unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people,

unto destruction, which do wickedly, when they are fully ripe;

and as I have said so shall it be;

for this is the cursing and the blessing of God upon the land,

for the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.

Alma 46:6

thus they were led away by Amalickiah to dissensions,

notwithstanding the preaching of Helaman and his brethren,

yea, notwithstanding their exceedingly great care over the church,

for they were high priests over the church.

Alma 46:7

And there were many in the church

who believed in the flattering words of Amalickiah,

therefore they dissented even from the church;

and thus were the affairs of the people of Nephi

exceedingly precarious and dangerous,

notwithstanding their great victory which they had had over the Lamanites,

and their great rejoicings which they had had

because of their deliverance by the hand of the Lord.

Alma 46:8

thus we see how quick the children of men do forget the Lord their God,

yea, how quick to do iniquity, and to be led away by the evil one.

Alma 46:14

For thus were all the true believers of Christ,

who belonged to the church of God,

called by those who did not belong to the church.

Alma 46:36

And it came to pass also, that he caused the title of liberty

to be hoisted upon every tower

which was in all the land, which was possessed by the Nephites;

and thus Moroni planted the standard of liberty among the Nephites.

Alma 46:37

And they began to have peace again in the land;

and thus they did maintain peace in the land

until nearly the end of the nineteenth year of the reign of the judges.

Alma 46:39

And it came to pass that there were many who died,

firmly believing that their souls were redeemed by the Lord Jesus Christ;

thus they went out of the world rejoicing.

Alma 47:30

And the army which pursued after them returned,

having pursued after them in vain;

and thus Amalickiah, by his fraud, gained the hearts of the people.

Alma 47:34

And it came to pass that

Amalickiah took the same servant that slew the king,

and all them who were with him,

and went in unto the queen, unto the place where she sat;

and they all testified unto her that the king was slain by his own servants;

and they said also:

They have fled;

does not this testify against them?

And thus they satisfied the queen concerning the death of the king.

Alma 47:35

And it came to pass that

Amalickiah sought the favor of the queen, and took her unto him to wife;

and thus by his fraud, and by the assistance of his cunning servants,

he obtained the kingdom;

yea, he was acknowledged king throughout all the land,

among all the people of the Lamanites,

who were composed of the Lamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites,

and all the dissenters of the Nephites,

from the reign of Nephi down to the present time.

Alma 48:2

And thus he did inspire their hearts against the Nephites,

insomuch that in the latter end of the nineteenth year of the reign of the judges,

he having accomplished his designs thus far,

yea, having been made king over the Lamanites,

he sought also to reign over all the land,

yea, and all the people who were in the land,

the Nephites as well as the Lamanites.

Alma 48:5

And thus he did appoint chief captains of the Zoramites,

they being the most acquainted with the strength of the Nephites,

and their places of resort, and the weakest parts of their cities;

therefore he appointed them to be chief captains over his armies.

Alma 48:7

Now it came to pass that

while Amalickiah had thus been obtaining power by fraud and deceit,

Moroni, on the other hand, had been preparing the minds of the people

to be faithful unto the Lord their God.

Alma 48:9

And in their weakest fortifications he did place the greater number of men;

and thus he did fortify and strengthen the land

which was possessed by the Nephites.

Alma 48:10

And thus he was preparing to support their liberty,

their lands, their wives, and their children, and their peace,

and that they might live unto the Lord their God,

and that they might maintain

that which was called by their enemies the cause of Christians.

Alma 48:20

And thus they went forth,

and the people did humble themselves because of their words,

insomuch that they were highly favored of the Lord,

and thus they were free from wars and contentions among themselves,

yea, even for the space of four years.

Alma 49:7

And being thus prepared

they supposed that they should easily overpower

and subject their brethren to the yoke of bondage,

or slay and massacre them according to their pleasure.

Alma 49:15

And now, behold, this was wisdom in Moroni;

for he had supposed that they would be frightened at the city Ammonihah;

and as the city of Noah had hitherto been the weakest part of the land,

therefore they would march thither to battle;

and thus it was according to his desires.

Alma 49:19

And thus were the Nephites prepared to destroy all such

as should attempt to climb up to enter the fort by any other way,

by casting over stones and arrows at them.

Alma 49:20

thus they were prepared,

yea, a body of their strongest men, with their swords and their slings,

to smite down all who should attempt

to come into their place of security by the place of entrance;

and thus were they prepared to defend themselves against the Lamanites.

Alma 49:23

thus the Nephites had all power over their enemies;

and thus the Lamanites did attempt to destroy the Nephites

until their chief captains were all slain;

yea, and more than a thousand of the Lamanites were slain;

while, on the other hand,

there was not a single soul of the Nephites which was slain.

Alma 49:29

And thus ended the nineteenth year

of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.