Unit 83

were

42 occurrences in 22 verses

3 Nephi 8:1, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25,

3 Nephi 9:11, 13, 20,

3 Nephi 10:10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18

3 Nephi 8:1

And now it came to pass that according to our record,

and we know our record to be true,

for behold, it was a just man who did keep the record —

for he truly did many miracles in the name of Jesus;

and there was not any man who could do a miracle in the name of Jesus

save he were cleansed every whit from his iniquity —

3 Nephi 8:7

And there were exceedingly sharp lightnings,

such as never had been known in all the land.

3 Nephi 8:9

And the city of Moroni did sink into the depths of the sea,

and the inhabitants thereof were drowned.

3 Nephi 8:13

And the highways were broken up,

and the level roads were spoiled,

and many smooth places became rough.

3 Nephi 8:14

And many great and notable cities were sunk,

and many were burned,

and many were shaken till the buildings thereof had fallen to the earth,

and the inhabitants thereof were slain,

and the places were left desolate.

3 Nephi 8:15

And there were some cities which remained;

but the damage thereof was exceedingly great,

and there were many in them who were slain.

3 Nephi 8:16

And there were some who were carried away in the whirlwind;

and whither they went no man knoweth,

save they know that they were carried away.

3 Nephi 8:18

And behold, the rocks were rent in twain;

they were broken up upon the face of the whole earth,

insomuch that they were found in broken fragments,

and in seams and in cracks, upon all the face of the land.

3 Nephi 8:19

And it came to pass that when the thunderings, and the lightnings,

and the storm, and the tempest, and the quakings of the earth did cease —

for behold, they did last for about the space of three hours;

and it was said by some that the time was greater;

nevertheless, all these great and terrible things were done

in about the space of three hours —

and then behold, there was darkness upon the face of the land.

3 Nephi 8:22

And there was not any light seen,

neither fire, nor glimmer,

neither the sun, nor the moon, nor the stars,

for so great were the mists of darkness

which were upon the face of the land.

3 Nephi 8:23

And it came to pass that it did last for the space of three days

that there was no light seen;

and there was great mourning and howling and weeping

among all the people continually;

yea, great were the groanings of the people,

because of the darkness and the great destruction

which had come upon them.

3 Nephi 8:24

And in one place they were heard to cry, saying:

O that we had repented before this great and terrible day,

and then would our brethren have been spared,

and they would not have been burned in that great city Zarahemla.

3 Nephi 8:25

And in another place they were heard to cry and mourn, saying:

O that we had repented before this great and terrible day,

and had not killed and stoned the prophets, and cast them out;

then would our mothers and our fair daughters, and our children have been spared,

and not have been buried up in that great city Moronihah.

And thus were the howlings of the people great and terrible.

3 Nephi 9:11

And because they did cast them all out,

that there were none righteous among them,

I did send down fire and destroy them,

that their wickedness and abominations might be hid from before my face,

that the blood of the prophets and the saints whom I sent among them

might not cry unto me from the ground against them.

3 Nephi 9:13

O all ye that are spared because ye were more righteous than they,

will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted,

that I may heal you?

3 Nephi 9:20

And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit.

And whoso cometh unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit,

him will I baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost,

even as the Lamanites,

because of their faith in me at the time of their conversion,

were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost,

and they knew it not.

3 Nephi 10:10

And the earth did cleave together again, that it stood;

and the mourning, and the weeping, and the wailing

of the people who were spared alive did cease;

and their mourning was turned into joy,

and their lamentations into the praise and thanksgiving

unto the Lord Jesus Christ, their Redeemer.

3 Nephi 10:11

And thus far were the scriptures fulfilled

which had been spoken by the prophets.

3 Nephi 10:12

And it was the more righteous part of the people who were saved,

and it was they who received the prophets and stoned them not;

and it was they who had not shed the blood of the saints, who were spared —

3 Nephi 10:13

And they were spared and were not sunk and buried up in the earth;

and they were not drowned in the depths of the sea;

and they were not burned by fire,

neither were they fallen upon and crushed to death;

and they were not carried away in the whirlwind;

neither were they overpowered by the vapor of smoke and of darkness.

3 Nephi 10:15

Behold, I say unto you,

Yea, many have testified of these things at the coming of Christ,

and were slain because they testified of these things.

3 Nephi 10:18

And it came to pass that in the ending of the thirty and fourth year,

behold, I will show unto you that the people of Nephi who were spared,

and also those who had been called Lamanites, who had been spared,

did have great favors shown unto them,

and great blessings poured out upon their heads,

insomuch that soon after the ascension of Christ into heaven

he did truly manifest himself unto them —