Unit 76

exceedingly

21 occurrences in 19 verses

Helaman 3:3, 4, 7, 10, 24, 32, 36,

Helaman 4:3, 25,

Helaman 5:27, 31, 36,

Helaman 6:5, 9, 12, 16, 20, 31, 34

Helaman 3:3

And it came to pass in the forty and sixth, yea,

there was much contention and many dissensions;

in the which there were an exceedingly great many

who departed out of the land of Zarahemla,

and went forth unto the land northward to inherit the land.

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 3:7

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 3:10

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 3:24

And it came to pass that in this same year

there was exceedingly great prosperity in the church,

insomuch that there were thousands who did join themselves unto the church

and were baptized unto repentance.

Helaman 3:32

And it came to pass that there was peace and exceedingly great joy

in the remainder of the forty and ninth year;

yea, and also there was continual peace and great joy

in the fiftieth year of the reign of the judges.

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 4:3

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 4:25

Therefore the Lord did cease to preserve them

by his miraculous and matchless power,

for they had fallen into a state of unbelief and awful wickedness;

and they saw that the Lamanites were exceedingly more numerous than they,

and except they should cleave unto the Lord their God

they must unavoidably perish.

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 5:31

And notwithstanding the mildness of the voice,

behold the earth shook exceedingly,

and the walls of the prison trembled again,

as if it were about to tumble to the earth;

and behold the cloud of darkness, which had overshadowed them, did not disperse —

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 6:5

Yea, and many did preach with exceedingly great power and authority,

unto the bringing down many of them into the depths of humility,

to be the humble followers of God and the Lamb.

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 6:12

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 6:16

And in the commencement of the sixty and seventh year

the people began to grow exceedingly wicked again.

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 6:31

And now behold, he had got great hold upon the hearts of the Nephites;

yea, insomuch that they had become exceedingly wicked;

yea, the more part of them had turned out of the way of righteousness,

and did trample under their feet the commandments of God,

and did turn unto their own ways,

and did build up unto themselves idols of their gold and their silver.

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.