Unit 76

Lamanites

44 occurrences in 39 verses

Helaman 3:12, 14, 16,

Helaman 4:2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26,

Helaman 5:16, 18, 19, 21, 25, 27, 34, 40, 50,

Helaman 6:1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18, 20, 34, 36, 37

Helaman 3:12

And it came to pass that

there were many of the people of Ammon,

who were Lamanites by birth,

did also go forth into this land.

Helaman 3:14

But behold, a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people,

yea, the account of the Lamanites and of the Nephites,

and their wars, and contentions, and dissensions,

and their preaching, and their prophecies,

and their shipping and their building of ships,

and their building of temples, and of synagogues and their sanctuaries,

and their righteousness, and their wickedness,

and their murders, and their robbings, and their plundering,

and all manner of abominations and whoredoms,

cannot be contained in this work.

Helaman 3:16

And they have been handed down from one generation to another by the Nephites,

even until they have fallen into transgression

and have been murdered, plundered, and hunted,

and driven forth, and slain,

and scattered upon the face of the earth,

and mixed with the Lamanites

until they are no more called the Nephites,

becoming wicked, and wild, and ferocious,

yea, even becoming Lamanites.

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 4:4

But it came to pass in the fifty and sixth year of the reign of the judges,

there were dissenters who went up from the Nephites unto the Lamanites;

and they succeeded with those others

in stirring them up to anger against the Nephites;

and they were all that year preparing for war.

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 4:8

And thus those dissenters of the Nephites,

with the help of a numerous army of the Lamanites,

had obtained all the possession of the Nephites

which was in the land southward.

And all this was done in the fifty and eighth and ninth years

of the reign of the judges.

Helaman 4:9

And it came to pass in the sixtieth year of the reign of the judges,

Moronihah did succeed with his armies in obtaining many parts of the land;

yea, they regained many cities which had fallen into the hands of the Lamanites.

Helaman 4:12

And it was because of the pride of their hearts,

because of their exceeding riches,

yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor,

withholding their food from the hungry,

withholding their clothing from the naked,

and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek,

making a mock of that which was sacred,

denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation,

murdering, plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery,

rising up in great contentions,

and deserting away into the land of Nephi, among the Lamanites—

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 4:18

And it came to pass in the sixty and second year of the reign of the judges,

that Moronihah could obtain no more possessions over the Lamanites.

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 4:20

And it came to pass, because of the greatness of the number of the Lamanites

the Nephites were in great fear, lest they should be overpowered,

and trodden down, and slain, and destroyed.

Helaman 4:22

And that they had altered and trampled under their feet the laws of Mosiah,

or that which the Lord commanded him to give unto the people;

and they saw that their laws had become corrupted,

and that they had become a wicked people,

insomuch that they were wicked even like unto the Lamanites.

Helaman 4:24

And they saw that they had become weak, like unto their brethren, the Lamanites,

and that the Spirit of the Lord did no more preserve them;

yea, it had withdrawn from them

because the Spirit of the Lord doth not dwell in unholy temples—

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 4:26

For behold, they saw that the strength of the Lamanites

was as great as their strength, even man for man.

And thus had they fallen into this great transgression;

yea, thus had they become weak, because of their transgression,

in the space of not many years.

Helaman 5:16

And even from one city to another,

until they had gone forth among all the people of Nephi

who were in the land southward;

and from thence into the land of Zarahemla, among the Lamanites.

Helaman 5:18

And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did preach unto the Lamanites

with such great power and authority,

for they had power and authority given unto them that they might speak,

and they also had what they should speak given unto them—

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 5:21

And it came to pass that

they were taken by an army of the Lamanites and cast into prison;

yea, even in that same prison

in which Ammon and his brethren were cast by the servants of Limhi.

Helaman 5:25

For they saw that the Lamanites durst not lay their hands upon them;

neither durst they come near unto them,

but stood as if they were struck dumb with amazement.

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 5:34

And it came to pass that the Lamanites could not flee

because of the cloud of darkness which did overshadow them;

yea, and also they were immovable

because of the fear which did come upon them.

Helaman 5:40

And it came to pass that the Lamanites said unto him:

What shall we do, that this cloud of darkness

may be removed from overshadowing us?

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 6:1

And it came to pass that when the sixty and second year

of the reign of the judges had ended,

all these things had happened

and the Lamanites had become, the more part of them, a righteous people,

insomuch that their righteousness did exceed that of the Nephites,

because of their firmness and their steadiness in the faith.

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 6:4

And it came to pass that

many of the Lamanites did come down into the land of Zarahemla,

and did declare unto the people of the Nephites the manner of their conversion,

and did exhort them to faith and repentance.

Helaman 6:6

And it came to pass that many of the Lamanites did go into the land northward;

and also Nephi and Lehi went into the land northward, to preach unto the people.

And thus ended the sixty and third year.

Helaman 6:7

And behold, there was peace in all the land,

insomuch that the Nephites did go into whatsoever part of the land they would,

whether among the Nephites or the Lamanites.

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 6:18

And now behold, those murderers and plunderers were a band

who had been formed by Kishkumen and Gadianton.

And now it had come to pass that

there were many, even among the Nephites, of Gadianton's band.

But behold, they were more numerous

among the more wicked part of the Lamanites.

And they were called Gadianton's robbers and murderers.

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 6:34

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 6:36

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.

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.