Unit 65

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16 occurrences in 16 verses

Alma 45:10, 12, 17,

Alma 46:7, 27,

Alma 47:12, 23, 24, 35,

Alma 48:1, 11, 20, 24,

Alma 49:2, 21, 28

Alma 45:10

And these are the words:

Behold, I perceive that this very people, the Nephites,

according to the spirit of revelation which is in me,

in four hundred years from the time

that Jesus Christ shall manifest himself unto them,

shall dwindle in unbelief.

Alma 45:12

Yea, and this because they shall dwindle in unbelief

and fall into the works of darkness, and lasciviousness, and all manner of iniquities;

yea, I say unto you, that

because they shall sin against so great light and knowledge,

yea, I say unto you, that from that day,

even the fourth generation shall not all pass away

before this great iniquity shall come.

Alma 45:17

And now, when Alma had said these words he blessed the church,

yea, all those who should stand fast in the faith from that time henceforth.

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 46:27

And now who knoweth but what the remnant of the seed of Joseph,

which shall perish as his garment,

are those who have dissented from us?

Yea, and even it shall be ourselves if we do not stand fast in the faith of Christ.

Alma 47:12

And it came to pass that when Amalickiah found

that he could not get Lehonti to come down off from the mount,

he went up into the mount, nearly to Lehonti's camp;

and he sent again the fourth time his message unto Lehonti,

desiring that he would come down,

and that he would bring his guards with him.

Alma 47:23

And it came to pass that the king put forth his hand to raise them,

as was the custom with the Lamanites, as a token of peace,

which custom they had taken from the Nephites.

Alma 47:24

And it came to pass that when he had raised the first from the ground,

behold he stabbed the king to the heart; and he fell to the earth.

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 48:1

And now it came to pass that,

as soon as Amalickiah had obtained the kingdom

he began to inspire the hearts of the Lamanites against the people of Nephi;

yea, he did appoint men to speak

unto the Lamanites from their towers,

against the Nephites.

Alma 48:11

And Moroni was a strong and a mighty man;

he was a man of a perfect understanding;

yea, a man that did not delight in bloodshed;

a man whose soul did joy in the liberty

and the freedom of his country, and his brethren from bondage and slavery;

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 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 49:21

And it came to pass that

the captains of the Lamanites brought up their armies

before the place of entrance,

and began to contend with the Nephites,

to get into their place of security;

but behold, they were driven back from time to time,

insomuch that they were slain with an immense slaughter.

Alma 49:28

And it came to pass, that on the other hand,

the people of Nephi did thank the Lord their God,

because of his matchless power in delivering them

from the hands of their enemies.