Unit 65

destroy

7 occurrences in 6 verses

Alma 46:10,

Alma 47:5,

Alma 48:24,

Alma 49:13, 19, 23

Alma 46:10

Yea, we see that Amalickiah,

because he was a man of cunning device and a man of many flattering words,

that he led away the hearts of many people to do wickedly;

yea, and to seek to destroy the church of God,

and to destroy the foundation of liberty

which God had granted unto them,

or which blessing God had sent upon the face of the land

for the righteous' sake.

Alma 47:5

And now he had got the command of those parts of the Lamanites

who were in favor of the king;

and he sought to gain favor of those who were not obedient;

therefore he went forward to the place which was called Onidah,

for thither had all the Lamanites fled;

for they discovered the army coming,

and, supposing that they were coming to destroy them,

therefore they fled to Onidah, to the place of arms.

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 49:13

For they knew not that Moroni had fortified,

or had built forts of security, for every city in all the land round about;

therefore, they marched forward to the land of Noah with a firm determination;

yea, their chief captains came forward and took an oath

that they would destroy the people of that city.

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 49:23

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.