Unit 94

were

45 occurrences in 27 verses

4 Nephi 1:1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 27, 29, 30, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 43, 46, 48

4 Nephi 1:1

And it came to pass that the thirty and fourth year passed away,

and also the thirty and fifth,

and behold the disciples of Jesus had formed a church of Christ

in all the lands round about.

And as many as did come unto them, and did truly repent of their sins,

were baptized in the name of Jesus;

and they did also receive the Holy Ghost.

4 Nephi 1:2

And it came to pass in the thirty and sixth year,

the people were all converted unto the Lord,

upon all the face of the land,

both Nephites and Lamanites,

and there were no contentions and disputations among them,

and every man did deal justly one with another.

4 Nephi 1:3

And they had all things common among them;

therefore there were not rich and poor, bond and free,

but they were all made free, and partakers of the heavenly gift.

4 Nephi 1:5

And there were great and marvelous works wrought by the disciples of Jesus,

insomuch that they did heal the sick, and raise the dead,

and cause the lame to walk, and the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear;

and all manner of miracles did they work among the children of men;

and in nothing did they work miracles save it were in the name of Jesus.

4 Nephi 1:9

But there were many cities which had been sunk,

and waters came up in the stead thereof;

therefore these cities could not be renewed.

4 Nephi 1:11

And they were married, and given in marriage,

and were blessed according to the multitude of the promises

which the Lord had made unto them.

4 Nephi 1:13

And it came to pass that there was no contention

among all the people, in all the land;

but there were mighty miracles wrought among the disciples of Jesus.

4 Nephi 1:14

And it came to pass that the seventy and first year passed away,

and also the seventy and second year,

yea, and in fine, till the seventy and ninth year had passed away;

yea, even an hundred years had passed away,

and the disciples of Jesus, whom he had chosen,

had all gone to the paradise of God,

save it were the three who should tarry;

and there were other disciples ordained in their stead;

and also many of that generation had passed away.

4 Nephi 1:16

And there were no envyings, nor strifes, nor tumults, nor whoredoms,

nor lyings, nor murders, nor any manner of lasciviousness;

and surely there could not be a happier people

among all the people who had been created by the hand of God.

4 Nephi 1:17

There were no robbers, nor murderers,

neither were there Lamanites, nor any manner of -ites;

but they were in one,

the children of Christ, and heirs to the kingdom of God.

4 Nephi 1:18

And how blessed were they!

For the Lord did bless them in all their doings;

yea, even they were blessed and prospered

until an hundred and ten years had passed away;

and the first generation from Christ had passed away,

and there was no contention in all the land.

4 Nephi 1:20

And he kept it eighty and four years,

and there was still peace in the land,

save it were a small part of the people who had revolted from the church

and taken upon them the name of Lamanites;

therefore there began to be Lamanites again in the land.

4 Nephi 1:22

And it came to pass that two hundred years had passed away;

and the second generation had all passed away save it were a few.

4 Nephi 1:23

And now I, Mormon, would that ye should know

that the people had multiplied,

insomuch that they were spread upon all the face of the land,

and that they had become exceedingly rich, because of their prosperity in Christ.

4 Nephi 1:24

And now, in this two hundred and first year

there began to be among them those who were lifted up in pride,

such as the wearing of costly apparel, and all manner of fine pearls,

and of the fine things of the world.

4 Nephi 1:27

And it came to pass that when two hundred and ten years had passed away

there were many churches in the land;

yea, there were many churches which professed to know the Christ,

and yet they did deny the more parts of his gospel,

insomuch that they did receive all manner of wickedness,

and did administer that which was sacred unto him

to whom it had been forbidden because of unworthiness.

4 Nephi 1:29

And again, there was another church which denied the Christ;

and they did persecute the true church of Christ,

because of their humility and their belief in Christ;

and they did despise them because of the many miracles

which were wrought among them.

4 Nephi 1:30

Therefore they did exercise power and authority

over the disciples of Jesus who did tarry with them,

and they did cast them into prison;

but by the power of the word of God, which was in them,

the prisons were rent in twain,

and they went forth doing mighty miracles among them.

4 Nephi 1:34

Nevertheless, the people did harden their hearts,

for they were led by many priests and false prophets

to build up many churches, and to do all manner of iniquity.

And they did smite upon the people of Jesus;

but the people of Jesus did not smite again.

And thus they did dwindle in unbelief and wickedness, from year to year,

even until two hundred and thirty years had passed away.

4 Nephi 1:36

And it came to pass that in this year

there arose a people who were called the Nephites,

and they were true believers in Christ;

and among them there were those who were called by the Lamanites —

Jacobites, and Josephites, and Zoramites;

4 Nephi 1:37

Therefore the true believers in Christ, and the true worshipers of Christ,

(among whom were the three disciples of Jesus who should tarry)

were called Nephites, and Jacobites, and Josephites, and Zoramites.

4 Nephi 1:38

And it came to pass that they who rejected the gospel

were called Lamanites, and Lemuelites, and Ishmaelites;

and they did not dwindle in unbelief,

but they did wilfully rebel against the gospel of Christ;

and they did teach their children that they should not believe,

even as their fathers, from the beginning, did dwindle.

4 Nephi 1:39

And it was because of the wickedness and abomination of their fathers,

even as it was in the beginning.

And they were taught to hate the children of God,

even as the Lamanites were taught

to hate the children of Nephi from the beginning.

4 Nephi 1:40

And it came to pass that

two hundred and forty and four years had passed away,

and thus were the affairs of the people.

And the more wicked part of the people did wax strong,

and became exceedingly more numerous than were the people of God.

4 Nephi 1:43

And also the people who were called the people of Nephi began

to be proud in their hearts, because of their exceeding riches,

and become vain like unto their brethren, the Lamanites.

4 Nephi 1:46

And it came to pass that

the robbers of Gadianton did spread over all the face of the land;

and there were none that were righteous

save it were the disciples of Jesus.

And gold and silver did they lay up in store in abundance,

and did traffic in all manner of traffic.

4 Nephi 1:48

And it came to pass that when three hundred and twenty years had passed away,

Ammaron, being constrained by the Holy Ghost,

did hide up the records which were sacred —

yea, even all the sacred records which had been handed down

from generation to generation, which were sacred —

even until the three hundred and twentieth year from the coming of Christ.