Unit 82

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63 occurrences in 31 verses

3 Nephi 6:2, 3, 4, 5, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30,

3 Nephi 7:1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25

3 Nephi 6:2

And it came to pass that they had not eaten up all their provisions;

therefore they did take with them

all that they had not devoured, of all their grain of every kind,

and their gold, and their silver, and all their precious things,

and they did return to their own lands and their possessions,

both on the north and on the south,

both on the land northward and on the land southward.

3 Nephi 6:3

And they granted unto those robbers

who had entered into a covenant to keep the peace of the land,

who were desirous to remain Lamanites,

lands, according to their numbers,

that they might have, with their labors, wherewith to subsist upon;

and thus they did establish peace in all the land.

3 Nephi 6:4

And they began again to prosper and to wax great;

and the twenty and sixth and seventh years passed away,

and there was great order in the land;

and they had formed their laws according to equity and justice.

3 Nephi 6:5

And now there was nothing in all the land

to hinder the people from prospering continually,

except they should fall into transgression.

3 Nephi 6:14

And thus there became a great inequality in all the land,

insomuch that the church began to be broken up;

yea, insomuch that in the thirtieth year the church was broken up in all the land

save it were among a few of the Lamanites

who were converted unto the true faith;

and they would not depart from it,

for they were firm, and steadfast, and immovable,

willing with all diligence to keep the commandments of the Lord.

3 Nephi 6:16

And thus Satan did lead away the hearts of the people to do all manner of iniquity;

therefore they had enjoyed peace but a few years.

3 Nephi 6:17

And thus, in the commencement of the thirtieth year —

the people having been delivered up for the space of a long time

to be carried about by the temptations of the devil

whithersoever he desired to carry them,

and to do whatsoever iniquity he desired they should —

and thus in the commencement of this, the thirtieth year,

they were in a state of awful wickedness.

3 Nephi 6:18

Now they did not sin ignorantly,

for they knew the will of God concerning them,

for it had been taught unto them;

therefore they did wilfully rebel against God.

3 Nephi 6:20

And there began to be men inspired from heaven and sent forth,

standing among the people in all the land,

preaching and testifying boldly of the sins and iniquities of the people,

and testifying unto them concerning the redemption

which the Lord would make for his people,

or in other words, the resurrection of Christ;

and they did testify boldly of his death and sufferings.

3 Nephi 6:21

Now there were many of the people who were exceedingly angry

because of those who testified of these things;

and those who were angry were chiefly the chief judges,

and they who had been high priests and lawyers;

yea, all those who were lawyers were angry

with those who testified of these things.

3 Nephi 6:24

Now behold, this was contrary to the laws of the land,

that any man should be put to death

except they had power from the governor of the land —

3 Nephi 6:26

Now it came to pass that they were taken

and brought up before the judge, to be judged of the crime which they had done,

according to the law which had been given by the people.

3 Nephi 6:28

And they did enter into a covenant one with another,

yea, even into that covenant which was given by them of old,

which covenant was given and administered by the devil,

to combine against all righteousness.

3 Nephi 6:29

Therefore they did combine against the people of the Lord,

and enter into a covenant to destroy them,

and to deliver those who were guilty of murder from the grasp of justice,

which was about to be administered according to the law.

3 Nephi 6:30

And they did set at defiance the law and the rights of their country;

and they did covenant one with another to destroy the governor,

and to establish a king over the land,

that the land should no more be at liberty but should be subject unto kings.

3 Nephi 7:1

Now behold, I will show unto you

that they did not establish a king over the land;

but in this same year, yea, the thirtieth year,

they did destroy upon the judgment-seat,

yea, did murder the chief judge of the land.

3 Nephi 7:2

And the people were divided one against another;

and they did separate one from another into tribes,

every man according to his family and his kindred and friends;

and thus they did destroy the government of the land.

3 Nephi 7:3

And every tribe did appoint a chief or a leader over them;

and thus they became tribes and leaders of tribes.

3 Nephi 7:5

Now all this was done, and there were no wars as yet among them;

and all this iniquity had come upon the people

because they did yield themselves unto the power of Satan.

3 Nephi 7:7

And they did cause a great contention in the land,

insomuch that the more righteous part of the people

had nearly all become wicked;

yea, there were but few righteous men among them.

3 Nephi 7:9

Now this secret combination,

which had brought so great iniquity upon the people,

did gather themselves together,

and did place at their head a man whom they did call Jacob;

3 Nephi 7:10

And they did call him their king;

therefore he became a king over this wicked band;

and he was one of the chiefest

who had given his voice against the prophets who testified of Jesus.

3 Nephi 7:11

And it came to pass that they were not so strong in number

as the tribes of the people, who were united together

save it were their leaders did establish their laws,

every one according to his tribe;

nevertheless they were enemies;

notwithstanding they were not a righteous people,

yet they were united in the hatred of those

who had entered into a covenant to destroy the government.

3 Nephi 7:12

Therefore, Jacob seeing that their enemies were more numerous than they,

he being the king of the band,

therefore he commanded his people

that they should take their flight into the northernmost part of the land,

and there build up unto themselves a kingdom,

until they were joined by dissenters,

(for he flattered them that there would be many dissenters)

and they become sufficiently strong to contend with the tribes of the people;

and they did so.

3 Nephi 7:13

And so speedy was their march that it could not be impeded

until they had gone forth out of the reach of the people.

And thus ended the thirtieth year;

and thus were the affairs of the people of Nephi.

3 Nephi 7:14

And it came to pass in the thirty and first year

that they were divided into tribes,

every man according to his family, kindred and friends;

nevertheless they had come to an agreement

that they would not go to war one with another;

but they were not united as to their laws, and their manner of government,

for they were established according to the minds of those

who were their chiefs and their leaders.

But they did establish very strict laws

that one tribe should not trespass against another,

insomuch that in some degree they had peace in the land;

nevertheless, their hearts were turned from the Lord their God,

and they did stone the prophets and did cast them out from among them.

3 Nephi 7:17

And he did minister many things unto them;

and all of them cannot be written,

and a part of them would not suffice,

therefore they are not written in this book.

And Nephi did minister with power and with great authority.

3 Nephi 7:18

And it came to pass that they were angry with him,

even because he had greater power than they,

for it were not possible that they could disbelieve his words,

for so great was his faith on the Lord Jesus Christ

that angels did minister unto him daily.

3 Nephi 7:21

And it came to pass that the thirty and first year did pass away,

and there were but few who were converted unto the Lord;

but as many as were converted did truly signify unto the people

that they had been visited by the power and Spirit of God,

which was in Jesus Christ, in whom they believed.

3 Nephi 7:22

And as many as had devils cast out from them,

and were healed of their sicknesses and their infirmities,

did truly manifest unto the people

that they had been wrought upon by the Spirit of God, and had been healed;

and they did show forth signs also and did do some miracles among the people.

3 Nephi 7:25

Therefore, there were ordained of Nephi, men unto this ministry,

that all such as should come unto them should be baptized with water,

and this as a witness and a testimony before God, and unto the people,

that they had repented and received a remission of their sins.