Unit 77

yea

36 occurrences in 30 verses



Helaman 7:8, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,

Helaman 8:3, 5, 8, 9, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27,

Helaman 9:1, 2, 23, 24,

Helaman 10:5



Helaman 7:8

yea, if my days could have been in those days,

then would my soul have had joy in the righteousness of my brethren.



Helaman 7:14

yea, because I have got upon my tower

that I might pour out my soul unto my God,

because of the exceeding sorrow of my heart,

which is because of your iniquities!



Helaman 7:15

And because of my mourning and lamentation

ye have gathered yourselves together, and do marvel;

yea, and ye have great need to marvel;

yea, ye ought to marvel because ye are given away

that the devil has got so great hold upon your hearts.



Helaman 7:16

yea, how could you have given way to the enticing of him

who is seeking to hurl away your souls

down to everlasting misery and endless wo?



Helaman 7:18

It is because you have hardened your hearts;

yea, ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd;

yea, ye have provoked him to anger against you.



Helaman 7:21

But behold, it is to get gain, to be praised of men,

yea, and that ye might get gold and silver.

And ye have set your hearts upon the riches and the vain things of this world,

for the which ye do murder, and plunder, and steal,

and bear false witness against your neighbor,

and do all manner of iniquity.



Helaman 7:24

For behold, they are more righteous than you,

for they have not sinned against that great knowledge which ye have received;

therefore the Lord will be merciful unto them;

yea, he will lengthen out their days and increase their seed,

even when thou shalt be utterly destroyed except thou shalt repent.



Helaman 7:25

yea, wo be unto you because of that great abomination

which has come among you;

and ye have united yourselves unto it,

yea, to that secret band which was established by Gadianton!



Helaman 7:26

yea, wo shall come unto you because of that pride

which ye have suffered to enter your hearts,

which has lifted you up beyond that which is good

because of your exceedingly great riches!



Helaman 7:27

yea, wo be unto you because of your wickedness and abominations!



Helaman 7:28

And except ye repent ye shall perish;

yea, even your lands shall be taken from you,

and ye shall be destroyed from off the face of the earth.



Helaman 8:3

For behold, Nephi had spoken unto them

concerning the corruptness of their law;

yea, many things did Nephi speak which cannot be written;

and nothing did he speak which was contrary to the commandments of God.



Helaman 8:5

Therefore they did cry unto the people, saying:

Why do you suffer this man to revile against us?

For behold he doth condemn all this people, even unto destruction;

yea, and also that these our great cities shall be taken from us,

that we shall have no place in them.



Helaman 8:8

yea, behold, all the judgments will come upon us

which he has testified unto us;

for we know that he has testified aright unto us concerning our iniquities.

And behold they are many,

and he knoweth as well all things which shall befall us

as he knoweth of our iniquities;



Helaman 8:9

yea, and behold, if he had not been a prophet

he could not have testified concerning those things.



Helaman 8:13

But, behold, ye not only deny my words,

but ye also deny all the words which have been spoken by our fathers,

and also the words which were spoken by this man, Moses,

who had such great power given unto him,

yea, the words which he hath spoken concerning the coming of the Messiah.



Helaman 8:14

yea, did he not bear record that the Son of God should come?

And as he lifted up the brazen serpent in the wilderness,

even so shall he be lifted up who should come.



Helaman 8:17

yea, and behold, Abraham saw of his coming,

and was filled with gladness and did rejoice.



Helaman 8:18

yea, and behold I say unto you, that Abraham not only knew of these things,

but there were many before the days of Abraham

who were called by the order of God;

yea, even after the order of his Son;

and this that it should be shown unto the people,

a great many thousand years before his coming,

that even redemption should come unto them.



Helaman 8:19

And now I would that ye should know,

that even since the days of Abraham

there have been many prophets that have testified these things;

yea, behold, the prophet Zenos did testify boldly;

for the which he was slain.



Helaman 8:21

And now will you dispute that Jerusalem was destroyed?

Will ye say that the sons of Zedekiah were not slain,

all except it were Mulek?

yea, and do ye not behold that the seed of Zedekiah are with us,

and they were driven out of the land of Jerusalem?

But behold, this is not all—



Helaman 8:22

Our father Lehi was driven out of Jerusalem

because he testified of these things.

Nephi also testified of these things,

and also almost all of our fathers, even down to this time;

yea, they have testified of the coming of Christ,

and have looked forward,

and have rejoiced in his day which is to come.



Helaman 8:24

And now, seeing ye know these things

and cannot deny them except ye shall lie,

therefore in this ye have sinned,

for ye have rejected all these things,

notwithstanding so many evidences which ye have received;

yea, even ye have received all things,

both things in heaven, and all things which are in the earth,

as a witness that they are true.



Helaman 8:26

yea, even at this time ye are ripening,

because of your murders and your fornication and wickedness,

for everlasting destruction;

yea, and except ye repent

it will come unto you soon.



Helaman 8:27

yea, behold it is now even at your doors;

yea, go ye in unto the judgment–seat, and search;

and behold, your judge is murdered,

and he lieth in his blood;

and he hath been murdered by his brother,

who seeketh to sit in the judgment–seat.



Helaman 9:1

Behold, now it came to pass that

when Nephi had spoken these words,

certain men who were among them ran to the judgment–seat;

yea, even there were five who went,

and they said among themselves, as they went:



Helaman 9:2

Behold, now we will know of a surety

whether this man be a prophet

and God hath commanded him

to prophesy such marvelous things unto us.

Behold, we do not believe that he hath;

yea, we do not believe that he is a prophet;

nevertheless, if this thing

which he has said concerning the chief judge be true,

that he be dead,

then will we believe that the other words which he has spoken are true.



Helaman 9:23

Behold ye say that I have agreed with a man

that he should murder Seezoram, our chief judge.

But behold, I say unto you,

that this is because I have testified unto you

that ye might know concerning this thing;

yea, even for a witness unto you,

that I did know of the wickedness and abominations which are among you.



Helaman 9:24

And because I have done this,

ye say that I have agreed with a man that he should do this thing;

yea, because I showed unto you this sign

ye are angry with me, and seek to destroy my life.



Helaman 10:5

And now, because thou hast done this with such unwearyingness,

behold, I will bless thee forever;

and I will make thee mighty in word and in deed, in faith and in works;

yea, even that all things shall be done unto thee according to thy word,

for thou shalt not ask that which is contrary to my will.