Unit 65

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47 occurrences in 36 verses

Alma 45:19, 22,

Alma 46:5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 18, 23, 24, 34, 36, 39, 40,

Alma 47:14, 18, 30, 32, 34, 35,

Alma 48:7, 9, 10, 15, 16, 24,

Alma 49:2, 4, 14, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 30

Alma 45:19

Behold, this we know, that he was a righteous man;

and the saying went abroad in the church

that he was taken up by the Spirit,

or buried by the hand of the Lord, even as Moses.

But behold, the scriptures saith the Lord took Moses unto himself;

and we suppose that he has also received Alma in the spirit, unto himself;

therefore, for this cause we know nothing concerning his death and burial.

Alma 45:22

Therefore, Helaman and his brethren went forth

to establish the church again in all the land,

yea, in every city throughout all the land

which was possessed by the people of Nephi.

And it came to pass that they did appoint priests and teachers

throughout all the land, over all the churches.

Alma 46:5

And they had been led by the flatteries of Amalickiah,

that if they would support him and establish him to be their king

that he would make them rulers over the people.

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 46:18

And he said:

Surely God shall not suffer that we, who are despised

because we take upon us the name of Christ,

shall be trodden down and destroyed,

until we bring it upon us by our own transgressions.

Alma 46:23

Moroni said unto them:

Behold, we are a remnant of the seed of Jacob;

yea, we are a remnant of the seed of Joseph,

whose coat was rent by his brethren into many pieces;

yea, and now behold, let us remember to keep the commandments of God,

or our garments shall be rent by our brethren,

and we be cast into prison, or be sold, or be slain.

Alma 46:24

Yea, let us preserve our liberty as a remnant of Joseph;

yea, let us remember the words of Jacob, before his death,

for behold, he saw that a part of the remnant of the coat of Joseph

was preserved and had not decayed.

And he said —

Even as this remnant of garment of my son hath been preserved,

so shall a remnant of the seed of my son

be preserved by the hand of God, and be taken unto himself,

while the remainder of the seed of Joseph shall perish,

even as the remnant of his garment.

Alma 46:34

Now, Moroni being a man

who was appointed by the chief judges and the voice of the people,

therefore he had power according to his will

with the armies of the Nephites,

to establish and to exercise authority over them.

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 46:39

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 46:40

And there were some who died with fevers,

which at some seasons of the year were very frequent in the land —

but not so much so with fevers,

because of the excellent qualities of the many plants and roots

which God had prepared to remove the cause of diseases,

to which men were subject by the nature of the climate —

Alma 47:14

And it came to pass that Lehonti came down with his men

and surrounded the men of Amalickiah,

so that before they awoke at the dawn of day

they were surrounded by the armies of Lehonti.

Alma 47:18

And it came to pass that Amalickiah caused

that one of his servants should administer poison by degrees to Lehonti,

that he died.

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 47:32

And now it came to pass that the queen,

when she had heard that the king was slain —

for Amalickiah had sent an embassy to the queen informing her

that the king had been slain by his servants,

that he had pursued them with his army,

but it was in vain, and they had made their escape —

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 48:7

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 48:15

And this was their faith,

that by so doing God would prosper them in the land,

or in other words, if they were faithful in keeping the commandments of God

that he would prosper them in the land;

yea, warn them to flee, or to prepare for war, according to their danger;

Alma 48:16

And also, that God would make it known unto them

whither they should go to defend themselves against their enemies,

and by so doing, the Lord would deliver them;

and this was the faith of Moroni,

and his heart did glory in it;

not in the shedding of blood

but in doing good, in preserving his people,

yea, in keeping the commandments of God,

yea, and resisting iniquity.

Alma 48:24

Nevertheless, they could not suffer to lay down their lives,

that their wives and their children should be massacred

by the barbarous cruelty of those who were once their brethren,

yea, and had dissented from their church,

and had left them and had gone to destroy them by joining the Lamanites.

Alma 49:2

And behold, the city had been rebuilt,

and Moroni had stationed an army by the borders of the city,

and they had cast up dirt round about

to shield them from the arrows and the stones of the Lamanites;

for behold, they fought with stones and with arrows.

Alma 49:4

But behold, how great was their disappointment;

for behold, the Nephites had dug up a ridge of earth round about them,

which was so high that the Lamanites could not cast

their stones and their arrows at them that they might take effect,

neither could they come upon them

save it was by their place of entrance.

Alma 49:14

But behold, to their astonishment,

the city of Noah, which had hitherto been a weak place,

had now, by the means of Moroni, become strong,

yea, even to exceed the strength of the city Ammonihah.

Alma 49:18

Now behold, the Lamanites could not get into their forts of security

by any other way save by the entrance,

because of the highness of the bank which had been thrown up,

and the depth of the ditch which had been dug round about,

save it were by the entrance.

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 49:22

Now when they found

that they could not obtain power over the Nephites by the pass,

they began to dig down their banks of earth

that they might obtain a pass to their armies,

that they might have an equal chance to fight;

but behold, in these attempts they were swept off

by the stones and arrows which were thrown at them;

and instead of filling up their ditches by pulling down the banks of earth,

they were filled up in a measure with their dead and wounded bodies.

Alma 49:24

There were about fifty who were wounded,

who had been exposed to the arrows of the Lamanites through the pass,

but they were shielded by their shields, and their breastplates, and their head-plates,

insomuch that their wounds were upon their legs,

many of which were very severe.

Alma 49:25

And it came to pass, that when the Lamanites saw

that their chief captains were all slain

they fled into the wilderness.

And it came to pass that they returned to the land of Nephi,

to inform their king, Amalickiah, who was a Nephite by birth,

concerning their great loss.

Alma 49:30

Yea, and there was continual peace among them,

and exceedingly great prosperity in the church

because of their heed and diligence which they gave unto the word of God,

which was declared unto them

by Helaman, and Shiblon, and Corianton, and Ammon and his brethren,

yea, and by all those who had been ordained by the holy order of God,

being baptized unto repentance,

and sent forth to preach among the people.