Unit 76

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11 occurrences in 11 verses

Helaman 3:1, 6, 23, 33, 36,

Helaman 5:3, 29, 31, 33, 46,

Helaman 6:8

Helaman 3:1

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

there was no contention among the people of Nephi

save it were a little pride which was in the church,

which did cause some little dissensions among the people,

which affairs were settled in the ending of the forty and third year.

Helaman 3:6

And now no part of the land was desolate, save it were for timber;

but because of the greatness of the destruction of the people

who had before inhabited the land it was called desolate.

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 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 3:36

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 5:3

Yea, and this was not all;

they were a stiffnecked people,

insomuch that they could not be governed by the law nor justice,

save it were to their destruction.

Helaman 5:29

And it came to pass that there came a voice

as if it were above the cloud of darkness, saying:

Repent ye, repent ye,

and seek no more to destroy my servants

whom I have sent unto you to declare good tidings.

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 5:33

And also again the third time the voice came,

and did speak unto them marvelous words which cannot be uttered by man;

and the walls did tremble again,

and the earth shook as if it were about to divide asunder.

Helaman 5:46

And it came to pass that there came a voice unto them,

yea, a pleasant voice, as if it were a whisper, saying:

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.