Unit 76

they began to

7 occurrences in 5 verses

Helaman 3:8, 21,

Helaman 4:21, 23,

Helaman 6:17

Helaman 3:8

And it came to pass that they did multiply and spread,

and did go forth from the land southward to the land northward,

and did spread insomuch that they began to cover the face of the whole earth,

from the sea south to the sea north,

from the sea west to the sea east.

Helaman 3:21

And it came to pass that he had two sons.

He gave unto the eldest the name of Nephi,

and unto the youngest, the name of Lehi.

And they began to grow up unto the Lord.

Helaman 4:21

Yea, they began to remember the prophecies of Alma, and also the words of Mosiah;

and they saw that they had been a stiffnecked people,

and that they had set at naught the commandments of God;

Helaman 4:23

And because of their iniquity the church had begun to dwindle;

and they began to disbelieve in the spirit of prophecy

and in the spirit of revelation;

and the judgments of God did stare them in the face.

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.