Unit 78

of the

41 occurrences in 27 verses

Helaman 11:1, 4, 6, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 24, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35,

Helaman 12:1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 16, 18, 23, 25

Helaman 11:1

And now it came to pass

in the seventy and second year of the reign of the judges

that the contentions did increase,

insomuch that there were wars throughout all the land

among all the people of Nephi.

Helaman 11:4

O Lord, do not suffer that this people shall be destroyed by the sword;

but O Lord, rather let there be a famine in the land,

to stir them up in remembrance of the Lord their God,

and perhaps they will repent and turn unto thee.

Helaman 11:6

And this work of destruction did also continue in the seventy and fifth year.

For the earth was smitten

that it was dry, and did not yield forth grain in the season of grain;

and the whole earth was smitten,

even among the Lamanites as well as among the Nephites,

so that they were smitten

that they did perish by thousands in the more wicked parts of the land.

Helaman 11:13

O Lord, wilt thou hearken unto me,

and cause that it may be done according to my words,

and send forth rain upon the face of the earth,

that she may bring forth her fruit, and her grain in the season of grain.

Helaman 11:14

O Lord, thou didst hearken unto my words when I said,

Let there be a famine, that the pestilence of the sword might cease;

and I know that thou wilt, even at this time, hearken unto my words,

for thou saidst that: If this people repent I will spare them.

Helaman 11:15

Yea, O Lord, and thou seest that they have repented,

because of the famine and the pestilence and destruction

which has come unto them.

Helaman 11:18

And behold, the people did rejoice and glorify God,

and the whole face of the land was filled with rejoicing;

and they did no more seek to destroy Nephi,

but they did esteem him as a great prophet, and a man of God,

having great power and authority given unto him from God.

Helaman 11:20

And thus it did come to pass that

the people of Nephi began to prosper again in the land,

and began to build up their waste places,

and began to multiply and spread,

even until they did cover the whole face of the land,

both on the northward and on the southward,

from the sea west to the sea east.

Helaman 11:21

And it came to pass that the seventy and sixth year did end in peace.

And the seventy and seventh year began in peace;

and the church did spread throughout the face of all the land;

and the more part of the people,

both the Nephites and the Lamanites,

did belong to the church; and they did have exceedingly great peace in the land;

and thus ended the seventy and seventh year.

Helaman 11:24

And it came to pass that in the eightieth year

of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi,

there were a certain number of the dissenters from the people of Nephi,

who had some years before gone over unto the Lamanites,

and taken upon themselves the name of Lamanites,

and also a certain number who were real descendants of the Lamanites,

being stirred up to anger by them, or by those dissenters,

therefore they commenced a war with their brethren.

Helaman 11:27

Now behold, these robbers did make great havoc,

yea, even great destruction among the people of Nephi,

and also among the people of the Lamanites.

Helaman 11:29

But behold, it came to pass that in that same year

they were driven back even into their own lands.

And thus ended the eightieth year

of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.

Helaman 11:30

And it came to pass in the commencement of the eighty and first year

they did go forth again against this band of robbers, and did destroy many;

and they were also visited with much destruction.

Helaman 11:31

And they were again obliged to return

out of the wilderness and out of the mountains unto their own lands,

because of the exceeding greatness of the numbers of those robbers

who infested the mountains and the wilderness.

Helaman 11:32

And it came to pass that thus ended this year.

And the robbers did still increase and wax strong,

insomuch that they did defy the whole armies of the Nephites,

and also of the Lamanites;

and they did cause great fear to come unto the people

upon all the face of the land.

Helaman 11:33

Yea, for they did visit many parts of the land,

and did do great destruction unto them;

yea, did kill many, and did carry away others captive into the wilderness,

yea, and more especially their women and their children.

Helaman 11:34

Now this great evil, which came unto the people because of their iniquity,

did stir them up again in remembrance of the Lord their God.

Helaman 11:35

And thus ended the eighty and first year of the reign of the judges.

Helaman 12:1

And thus we can behold how false,

and also the unsteadiness of the hearts of the children of men;

yea, we can see that the Lord in his great infinite goodness

doth bless and prosper those who put their trust in him.

Helaman 12:2

Yea, and we may see at the very time when he doth prosper his people,

yea, in the increase of their fields, their flocks and their herds,

and in gold, and in silver,

and in all manner of precious things of every kind and art;

sparing their lives, and delivering them out of the hands of their enemies;

softening the hearts of their enemies

that they should not declare wars against them;

yea, and in fine, doing all things for the welfare and happiness of his people;

yea, then is the time that they do harden their hearts,

and do forget the Lord their God,

and do trample under their feet the Holy One —

yea, and this because of their ease, and their exceedingly great prosperity.

Helaman 12:4

O how foolish, and how vain, and how evil, and devilish,

and how quick to do iniquity, and how slow to do good,

are the children of men;

yea, how quick to hearken unto the words of the evil one,

and to set their hearts upon the vain things of the world!

Helaman 12:7

O how great is the nothingness of the children of men;

yea, even they are less than the dust of the earth.

Helaman 12:8

For behold, the dust of the earth moveth hither and thither,

to the dividing asunder, at the command of our great and everlasting God.

Helaman 12:16

And behold, also, if he say unto the waters of the great deep

— Be thou dried up —

it is done.

Helaman 12:18

And behold, if a man hide up a treasure in the earth, and the Lord shall say

— Let it be accursed, because of the iniquity of him who hath hid it up —

behold, it shall be accursed.

Helaman 12:23

Therefore, blessed are they who will repent

and hearken unto the voice of the Lord their God;

for these are they that shall be saved.

Helaman 12:25

And I would that all men might be saved.

But we read that in the great and last day

there are some who shall be cast out,

yea, who shall be cast off from the presence of the Lord;