Unit 76

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51 occurrences in 40 verses

Helaman 3:4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 35,

Helaman 4:2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19,

Helaman 5:14, 17, 19, 27, 36, 37, 42, 50, 52,

Helaman 6:2, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 20, 21, 22, 33, 34, 37, 39

Helaman 3:4

And they did travel to an exceedingly great distance,

insomuch that they came to large bodies of water and many rivers.

Helaman 3:5

Yea, and even they did spread forth into all parts of the land,

into whatever parts it had not been rendered desolate and without timber,

because of the many inhabitants who had before inherited the land.

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 3:8

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 3:9

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 3:10

And it came to pass as timber was exceedingly scarce in the land northward,

they did send forth much by the way of shipping.

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 3:35

Nevertheless they did fast and pray oft,

and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility,

and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ,

unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation,

yea, even to the purifying and the sanctification of their hearts,

which sanctification cometh because of their yielding their hearts unto God.

Helaman 4:2

And the rebellious part were slain and driven out of the land,

and they did go unto the king of the Lamanites.

Helaman 4:3

And it came to pass that they did endeavor

to stir up the Lamanites to war against the Nephites;

but behold, the Lamanites were exceedingly afraid,

insomuch that they would not hearken to the words of those dissenters.

Helaman 4:5

And in the fifty and seventh year

they did come down against the Nephites to battle,

and they did commence the work of death;

yea, insomuch that in the fifty and eighth year of the reign of the judges

they succeeded in obtaining possession of the land of Zarahemla;

yea, and also all the lands, even unto the land which was near the land Bountiful.

Helaman 4:7

And there they did fortify against the Lamanites,

from the west sea, even unto the east;

it being a day's journey for a Nephite, on the line

which they had fortified and stationed their armies to defend their north country.

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 4:14

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 4:15

And it came to pass that they did repent,

and inasmuch as they did repent they did begin to prosper.

Helaman 4:16

For when Moronihah saw that they did repent

he did venture to lead them forth from place to place, and from city to city,

even until they had regained the one–half of their property

and the one–half of 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 5:14

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 5:17

And it came to pass that they did preach with great power,

insomuch that they did confound many of those dissenters

who had gone over from the Nephites,

insomuch that they came forth and did confess their sins

and were baptized unto repentance,

and immediately returned to the Nephites

to endeavor to repair unto them the wrongs which they had done.

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 5:27

And behold, when they had said these words,

the earth shook exceedingly,

and the walls of the prison did shake

as if they were about to tumble to the earth;

but behold, they did not fall.

And behold, they that were in the prison

were Lamanites and Nephites who were dissenters.

Helaman 5:36

And it came to pass that he turned him about,

and behold, he saw through the cloud of darkness the faces of Nephi and Lehi;

and behold, they did shine exceedingly, even as the faces of angels.

And he beheld that they did lift their eyes to heaven;

and they were in the attitude as if talking or lifting their voices

to some being whom they beheld.

Helaman 5:37

And it came to pass that this man did cry unto the multitude,

that they might turn and look.

And behold, there was power given unto them

that they did turn and look;

and they did behold the faces of Nephi and Lehi.

Helaman 5:42

And it came to pass that they all did begin

to cry unto the voice of him who had shaken the earth;

yea, they did cry even until the cloud of darkness was dispersed.

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 5:52

And it came to pass that

they did yield up unto the Nephites the lands of their possession.

Helaman 6:2

For behold, there were many of the Nephites

who had become hardened and impenitent and grossly wicked,

insomuch that they did reject the word of God

and all the preaching and prophesying which did come among them.

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 6:8

And it came to pass that the Lamanites did also go whithersoever they would,

whether it were among the Lamanites or among the Nephites;

and thus they did have free intercourse one with another,

to buy and to sell, and to get gain, according to their desire.

Helaman 6:9

And it came to pass that they became exceedingly rich,

both the Lamanites and the Nephites;

and they did have an exceeding plenty of gold, and of silver,

and of all manner of precious metals,

both in the land south and in the land north.

Helaman 6:11

And behold, there was all manner of gold in both these lands,

and of silver, and of precious ore of every kind;

and there were also curious workmen,

who did work all kinds of ore and did refine it;

and thus they did become rich.

Helaman 6:12

they did raise grain in abundance, both in the north and in the south;

and they did flourish exceedingly, both in the north and in the south.

And they did multiply and wax exceedingly strong in the land.

And they did raise many flocks and herds, yea, many fatlings.

Helaman 6:14

And in the sixty and fifth year they did also have great joy and peace,

yea, much preaching and many prophecies concerning that which was to come.

And thus passed away the sixty and fifth year.

Helaman 6:20

And now it came to pass that

when the Lamanites found that there were robbers among them

they were exceedingly sorrowful;

and they did use every means in their power

to destroy them off the face of the earth.

Helaman 6:21

But behold, Satan did stir up the hearts of the more part of the Nephites,

insomuch that they did unite with those bands of robbers,

and did enter into their covenants and their oaths,

that they would protect and preserve one another

in whatsoever difficult circumstances they should be placed,

that they should not suffer for their murders,

and their plunderings, and their stealings.

Helaman 6:22

And it came to pass that they did have their signs,

yea, their secret signs, and their secret words;

and this that they might distinguish a brother

who had entered into the covenant,

that whatsoever wickedness his brother should do

he should not be injured by his brother,

nor by those who did belong to his band,

who had taken this covenant.

Helaman 6:33

And they did grow in their iniquities in the sixty and eighth year also,

to the great sorrow and lamentation of the righteous.

Helaman 6:34

And thus we see that the Nephites did begin to dwindle in unbelief,

and grow in wickedness and abominations,

while the Lamanites began to grow exceedingly in the knowledge of their God;

yea, they did begin to keep his statutes and commandments,

and to walk in truth and uprightness before him.

Helaman 6:37

And it came to pass that the Lamanites did hunt the band of robbers of Gadianton;

and they did preach the word of God among the more wicked part of them,

insomuch that this band of robbers was utterly destroyed from among the Lamanites.

Helaman 6:39

And thus they did obtain the sole management of the government,

insomuch that they did trample under their feet and smite and rend

and turn their backs upon the poor and the meek, and the humble followers of God.