Unit 76

the people

35 occurrences in 30 verses

Helaman 3:1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 17, 22, 25, 33, 34, 36,

Helaman 4:1, 14, 22,

Helaman 5:2, 6, 14, 16, 50,

Helaman 6:3, 4, 6, 15, 16, 25, 28, 32, 41

Helaman 3:1

And now it came to pass in the forty and third year of the reign of the judges,

there was no contention among the people of Nephi

save it were a little pride which was in the church,

which did cause some little dissensions among the people,

which affairs were settled in the ending of the forty and third year.

Helaman 3:2

And there was no contention among the people in the forty and fourth year;

neither was there much contention in the forty and fifth year.

Helaman 3:6

And now no part of the land was desolate, save it were for timber;

but because of the greatness of the destruction of the people

who had before inhabited the land it was called desolate.

Helaman 3:7

And there being but little timber upon the face of the land,

nevertheless the people who went forth

became exceedingly expert in the working of cement;

therefore they did build houses of cement, in the which they did dwell.

Helaman 3:9

And the people who were in the land northward

did dwell in tents, and in houses of cement,

and they did suffer whatsoever tree should spring up upon the face of the land

that it should grow up,

that in time they might have timber to build their houses,

yea, their cities, and their temples, and their synagogues, and their sanctuaries,

and all manner of their buildings.

Helaman 3:11

And thus they did enable the people in the land northward

that they might build many cities, both of wood and of cement.

Helaman 3:12

And it came to pass that

there were many of the people of Ammon,

who were Lamanites by birth,

did also go forth into this land.

Helaman 3:17

And now I return again to mine account;

therefore, what I have spoken had passed

after there had been great contentions, and disturbances,

and wars, and dissensions, among the people of Nephi.

Helaman 3:22

And it came to pass that the wars and contentions began to cease,

in a small degree, among the people of the Nephites,

in the latter end of the forty and eighth year

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

Helaman 3:25

And so great was the prosperity of the church,

and so many the blessings which were poured out upon the people,

that even the high priests and the teachers

were themselves astonished beyond measure.

Helaman 3:33

And in the fifty and first year of the reign of the judges

there was peace also,

save it were the pride which began to enter into the church —

not into the church of God,

but into the hearts of the people

who professed to belong to the church of God —

Helaman 3:34

And they were lifted up in pride,

even to the persecution of many of their brethren.

Now this was a great evil,

which did cause the more humble part of the people

to suffer great persecutions, and to wade through much affliction.

Helaman 3:36

And it came to pass that the fifty and second year ended in peace also,

save it were the exceedingly great pride

which had gotten into the hearts of the people;

and it was because of their exceedingly great riches and their prosperity in the land;

and it did grow upon them from day to day.

Helaman 4:1

And it came to pass in the fifty and fourth year

there were many dissensions in the church,

and there was also a contention among the people,

insomuch that there was much bloodshed.

Helaman 4:14

But behold, Moronihah did preach many things unto the people

because of their iniquity,

and also Nephi and Lehi, who were the sons of Helaman,

did preach many things unto the people,

yea, and did prophesy many things unto them concerning their iniquities,

and what should come unto them if they did not repent of their sins.

Helaman 4:22

And that they had altered and trampled under their feet the laws of Mosiah,

or that which the Lord commanded him to give unto the people;

and they saw that their laws had become corrupted,

and that they had become a wicked people,

insomuch that they were wicked even like unto the Lamanites.

Helaman 5:2

For as their laws and their governments were established by the voice of the people,

and they who chose evil were more numerous than they who chose good,

therefore they were ripening for destruction,

for the laws had become corrupted.

Helaman 5:6

Behold, my sons,

I desire that ye should remember to keep the commandments of God;

and I would that ye should declare unto the people these words.

Behold, I have given unto you the names of our first parents

who came out of the land of Jerusalem;

and this I have done

that when you remember your names

ye may remember them;

and when ye remember them

ye may remember their works;

and when ye remember their works

ye may know how that it is said, and also written, that they were good.

Helaman 5:14

And they did remember his words;

and therefore they went forth, keeping the commandments of God,

to teach the word of God among all the people of Nephi,

beginning at the city Bountiful;

Helaman 5:16

And even from one city to another,

until they had gone forth among all the people of Nephi

who were in the land southward;

and from thence into the land of Zarahemla, among the Lamanites.

Helaman 5:50

And it came to pass that they did go forth, and did minister unto the people,

declaring throughout all the regions round about

all the things which they had heard and seen,

insomuch that the more part of the Lamanites were convinced of them,

because of the greatness of the evidences which they had received.

Helaman 6:3

Nevertheless, the people of the church did have great joy

because of the conversion of the Lamanites,

yea, because of the church of God, which had been established among them.

And they did fellowship one with another,

and did rejoice one with another,

and did have great joy.

Helaman 6:4

And it came to pass that

many of the Lamanites did come down into the land of Zarahemla,

and did declare unto the people of the Nephites the manner of their conversion,

and did exhort them to faith and repentance.

Helaman 6:6

And it came to pass that many of the Lamanites did go into the land northward;

and also Nephi and Lehi went into the land northward, to preach unto the people.

And thus ended the sixty and third year.

Helaman 6:15

And it came to pass that in the sixty and sixth year of the reign of the judges,

behold, Cezoram was murdered by an unknown hand

as he sat upon the judgment–seat.

And it came to pass that in the same year,

that his son, who had been appointed by the people in his stead,

was also murdered.

And thus ended the sixty and sixth year.

Helaman 6:16

And in the commencement of the sixty and seventh year

the people began to grow exceedingly wicked again.

Helaman 6:25

Now behold, it is these secret oaths and covenants

which Alma commanded his son should not go forth unto the world,

lest they should be a means of bringing down the people unto destruction.

Helaman 6:28

And also it is that same being who put it into the hearts of the people

to build a tower sufficiently high that they might get to heaven.

And it was that same being

who led on the people who came from that tower into this land;

who spread the works of darkness and abominations

over all the face of the land,

until he dragged the people down

to an entire destruction, and to an everlasting hell.

Helaman 6:32

And it came to pass that all these iniquities did come unto them

in the space of not many years,

insomuch that a more part of it had come unto them

in the sixty and seventh year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.

Helaman 6:41

And it came to pass that thus ended the sixty and eighth year

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