Unit 78

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28 occurrences in 19 verses

Helaman 11:4, 8, 11, 13, 14, 23, 25, 28,

Helaman 12:5, 6, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26

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 11:8

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 11:11

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 11:13

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 11:23

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 11:25

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 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 12:17

Behold, if he say unto this mountain

— be thou raised up, and come over and fall upon that city, that it be buried up —

behold 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 12:20

And behold, if the Lord shall say unto a man

— Because of thine iniquities, thou shalt be accursed forever —

it shall be done.

Helaman 12:21

And if the Lord shall say

— Because of thine iniquities thou shalt be cut off from my presence —

he will cause that it shall be so.

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 12:23

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.

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;

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.