Unit 76

therefore they

9 occurrences in 8 verses

Helaman 3:7, 23,

Helaman 4:13, 19,

Helaman 5:2, 14, 19,

Helaman 6:17

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 3:23

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

there was continual peace established in the land,

all save it were the secret combinations

which Gadianton the robber had established

in the more settled parts of the land,

which at that time were not known

unto those who were at the head of government;

therefore they were not destroyed out of the land.

Helaman 4:13

And because of this their great wickedness,

and their boastings in their own strength,

they were left in their own strength;

therefore they did not prosper,

but were afflicted and smitten, and driven before the Lamanites,

until they had lost possession of almost all their lands.

Helaman 4:19

therefore they did abandon their design to obtain the remainder of their lands,

for so numerous were the Lamanites

that it became impossible for the Nephites to obtain more power over them;

therefore Moronihah did employ all his armies

in maintaining those parts which he had taken.

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 5:14

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 5:19

therefore they did speak unto the great astonishment of the Lamanites,

to the convincing them,

insomuch that there were eight thousand of the Lamanites

who were in the land of Zarahemla and round about

baptized unto repentance,

and were convinced of the wickedness of the traditions of their fathers.

Helaman 6:17

For behold, the Lord had blessed them so long with the riches of the world

that they had not been stirred up to anger, to wars, nor to bloodshed;

therefore they began to set their hearts upon their riches;

yea, they began to seek to get gain

that they might be lifted up one above another;

therefore they began to commit secret murders, and to rob and to plunder,

that they might get gain.