Unit 69

wine

11 occurrences in 8 verses

Alma 55:8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 30, 31, 32

Alma 55:8

And when it was evening

Laman went to the guards who were over the Nephites,

and behold, they saw him coming and they hailed him;

but he saith unto them:

Fear not;

behold, I am a Lamanite.

Behold, we have escaped from the Nephites, and they sleep;

and behold we have taken of their wine and brought with us.

Alma 55:9

Now when the Lamanites heard these words

they received him with joy;

and they said unto him:

Give us of your wine, that we may drink;

we are glad that ye have thus taken wine with you

for we are weary.

Alma 55:10

But Laman said unto them:

Let us keep of our wine till we go against the Nephites to battle.

But this saying only made them more desirous to drink of the wine;

Alma 55:11

For, said they: We are weary,

therefore let us take of the wine,

and by and by we shall receive wine for our rations,

which will strengthen us to go against the Nephites.

Alma 55:13

And it came to pass that they did take of the wine freely;

and it was pleasant to their taste,

therefore they took of it more freely;

and it was strong, having been prepared in its strength.

Alma 55:30

And many times did they attempt to administer of their wine to the Nephites,

that they might destroy them with poison or with drunkenness.

Alma 55:31

But behold, the Nephites were not slow

to remember the Lord their God in this their time of affliction.

They could not be taken in their snares;

yea, they would not partake of their wine,

save they had first given to some of the Lamanite prisoners.

Alma 55:32

And they were thus cautious

that no poison should be administered among them;

for if their wine would poison a Lamanite

it would also poison a Nephite;

and thus they did try all their liquors.