Unit 78
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39 occurrences in 22 verses
Helaman 11:4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 20, 23, 24, 25, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37,
Helaman 12:1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 23, 24
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 11:7
And it came to pass that the people saw
that they were about to perish by famine,
and they began to remember the Lord their God;
and they began to remember the words of Nephi.
Helaman 11:8
And the people began to plead with their chief judges and their leaders,
that they would say unto Nephi:
Behold, we know that thou art a man of God,
and therefore cry unto the Lord our God
that he turn away from us this famine,
lest all the words which thou hast spoken concerning our destruction be fulfilled.
Helaman 11:10
O Lord, behold this people repenteth;
and they have swept away the band of Gadianton from amongst them
insomuch that they have become extinct,
and they have concealed their secret plans in the earth.
Helaman 11:11
Now, O Lord, because of this their humility
wilt thou turn away thine anger,
and let thine anger be appeased in the destruction of those wicked men
whom thou hast already destroyed.
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 11:23
And in the seventy and ninth year there began to be much strife.
But it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi, and many of their brethren
who knew concerning the true points of doctrine,
having many revelations daily,
therefore they did preach unto the people,
insomuch that they did put an end to their strife in that same 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 11:25
And they did commit murder and plunder;
and then they would retreat back into the mountains,
and into the wilderness and secret places,
hiding themselves that they could not be discovered,
receiving daily an addition to their numbers,
inasmuch as there were dissenters that went forth unto them.
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 11:31
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 11:33
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 11:36
And in the eighty and second year
they began again to forget the Lord their God.
And in the eighty and third year
they began to wax strong in iniquity.
And in the eighty and fourth year they did not mend their ways.
Helaman 11:37
And it came to pass in the eighty and fifth year
they did wax stronger and stronger in their pride, and in their wickedness;
and thus they were ripening again for destruction.
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 12:5
Yea, how quick to be lifted up in pride;
yea, how quick to boast, and do all manner of that which is iniquity;
and how slow are they to remember the Lord their God,
and to give ear unto his counsels,
yea, how slow to walk in wisdom's paths!
Helaman 12:6
Behold, they do not desire
that the Lord their God, who hath created them, should rule and reign over them;
notwithstanding his great goodness and his mercy towards them,
they do set at naught his counsels,
and they will not that he should be their guide.
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 12:24
And may God grant, in his great fulness,
that men might be brought unto repentance and good works,
that they might be restored unto grace for grace, according to their works.
