Unit 76

began

15 occurrences in 13 verses

Helaman 3:8, 21, 22, 33, 37,

Helaman 4:21, 23,

Helaman 5:26,

Helaman 6:16, 17, 34, 35, 36

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 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 3:33

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 3:37

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

Helaman died, and his eldest son Nephi began to reign in his stead.

And it came to pass that he did fill the judgment–seat with justice and equity;

yea, he did keep the commandments of God,

and did walk in the ways of his father.

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 5:26

And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did stand forth

and began to speak unto them, saying:

Fear not,

for behold, it is God that has shown unto you this marvelous thing,

in the which is shown unto you

that ye cannot lay your hands on us to slay us.

Helaman 6:16

And in the commencement of the sixty and seventh year

the people began to grow exceedingly wicked again.

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.

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 6:35

And thus we see that the Spirit of the Lord began to withdraw from the Nephites,

because of the wickedness and the hardness of their hearts.

Helaman 6:36

And thus we see that the Lord began to pour out his Spirit upon the Lamanites,

because of their easiness and willingness to believe in his words.