Unit 78

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59 occurrences in 32 verses

Helaman 11:1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 37,

Helaman 12:4, 5, 8, 12, 15, 22, 24, 26

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 11:3

And it came to pass that in this year Nephi did cry unto the Lord, saying:

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 11:5

And so it was done, according to the words of Nephi.

And there was a great famine upon the land, among all the people of Nephi.

And thus in the seventy and fourth year the famine did continue,

and the work of destruction did cease by the sword

but became sore by famine.

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 11:9

And it came to pass that the judges did say unto Nephi,

according to the words which had been desired.

And it came to pass that when Nephi saw

that the people had repented and did humble themselves in sackcloth,

he cried again unto the Lord, saying:

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 11:16

And now, O Lord, wilt thou turn away thine anger,

and try again if they will serve thee?

And if so, O Lord, thou canst bless them

according to thy words which thou hast said.

Helaman 11:17

And it came to pass that in the seventy and sixth year

the Lord did turn away his anger from the people,

and caused that rain should fall upon the earth,

insomuch that it did bring forth her fruit in the season of her fruit.

And it came to pass that it did bring forth her grain in the season of her grain.

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 11:19

And behold, Lehi, his brother, was not a whit behind him

as to things pertaining to righteousness.

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 11:23

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 11:28

And it came to pass that it was expedient

that there should be a stop put to this work of destruction;

therefore they sent an army of strong men

into the wilderness and upon the mountains

to search out this band of robbers, and to destroy 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 11:30

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 11:36

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 12:4

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 12:8

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 12:12

Yea, by the power of his voice, do the foundations rock,

even to the very center.

Helaman 12:15

And thus, according to his word the earth goeth back,

and it appeareth unto man that the sun standeth still;

yea, and behold, this is so;

for surely it is the earth that moveth and not the sun.

Helaman 12:22

And wo unto him to whom he shall say this,

for it shall be unto him that will do iniquity,

and he cannot be saved;

therefore, for this cause, that men might be saved,

hath repentance been declared.

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.

Helaman 12:26

Yea, who shall be consigned to a state of endless misery,

fulfilling the words which say:

They that have done good shall have everlasting life;

and they that have done evil shall have everlasting damnation.

And thus it is.

Amen.