Unit 95

my

24 occurrences in 20 verses

Mormon 1:2, 5, 6, 16,

Mormon 2:2, 3, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 19, 23, 24, 27,

Mormon 3:1, 2, 5, 9, 12

Mormon 1:2

And about the time that Ammaron hid up the records unto the Lord,

he came unto me, (I being about ten years of age,

and I began to be learned somewhat

after the manner of the learning of my people)

and Ammaron said unto me:

I perceive that thou art a sober child, and art quick to observe;

Mormon 1:5

And I, Mormon, being a descendant of Nephi,

(and my father's name was Mormon)

I remembered the things which Ammaron commanded me.

Mormon 1:6

And it came to pass that I, being eleven years old,

was carried by my father into the land southward,

even to the land of Zarahemla.

Mormon 1:16

And I did endeavor to preach unto this people,

but my mouth was shut,

and I was forbidden that I should preach unto them;

for behold they had wilfully rebelled against their God;

and the beloved disciples were taken away out of the land,

because of their iniquity.

Mormon 2:2

Therefore it came to pass that in my sixteenth year

I did go forth at the head of an army of the Nephites, against the Lamanites;

therefore three hundred and twenty and six years had passed away.

Mormon 2:3

And it came to pass that in the three hundred and twenty and seventh year

the Lamanites did come upon us with exceedingly great power,

insomuch that they did frighten my armies;

therefore they would not fight,

and they began to retreat towards the north countries.

Mormon 2:8

But behold, the land was filled with robbers and with Lamanites;

and notwithstanding the great destruction which hung over my people,

they did not repent of their evil doings;

therefore there was blood and carnage spread throughout all the face of the land,

both on the part of the Nephites and also on the part of the Lamanites;

and it was one complete revolution throughout all the face of the land.

Mormon 2:9

And now, the Lamanites had a king,

and his name was Aaron;

and he came against us with an army of forty and four thousand.

And behold, I withstood him with forty and two thousand.

And it came to pass that I beat him with my army

that he fled before me.

And behold, all this was done,

and three hundred and thirty years had passed away.

Mormon 2:12

And it came to pass that when I, Mormon, saw their lamentation

and their mourning and their sorrow before the Lord,

my heart did begin to rejoice within me,

knowing the mercies and the long-suffering of the Lord,

therefore supposing that he would be merciful unto them

that they would again become a righteous people.

Mormon 2:13

But behold this my joy was vain,

for their sorrowing was not unto repentance, because of the goodness of God;

but it was rather the sorrowing of the damned,

because the Lord would not always suffer them to take happiness in sin.

Mormon 2:15

And it came to pass that my sorrow did return unto me again,

and I saw that the day of grace was passed with them,

both temporally and spiritually;

for I saw thousands of them hewn down

in open rebellion against their God,

and heaped up as dung upon the face of the land.

And thus three hundred and forty and four years had passed away.

Mormon 2:19

And wo is me because of their wickedness;

for my heart has been filled with sorrow

because of their wickedness, all my days;

nevertheless, I know that I shall be lifted up at the last day.

Mormon 2:23

And it came to pass that I did speak unto my people,

and did urge them with great energy,

that they would stand boldly before the Lamanites

and fight for their wives, and their children,

and their houses, and their homes.

Mormon 2:24

And my words did arouse them somewhat to vigor,

insomuch that they did not flee from before the Lamanites,

but did stand with boldness against them.

Mormon 2:27

And my heart did sorrow because of this the great calamity of my people,

because of their wickedness and their abominations.

But behold, we did go forth against the Lamanites and the robbers of Gadianton,

until we had again taken possession of the lands of our inheritance.

Mormon 3:1

And it came to pass that the Lamanites did not come to battle again

until ten years more had passed away.

And behold, I had employed my people, the Nephites,

in preparing their lands and their arms against the time of battle.

Mormon 3:2

And it came to pass that the Lord did say unto me:

Cry unto this people —

Repent ye, and come unto me,

and be ye baptized, and build up again my church,

and ye shall be spared.

Mormon 3:5

And it came to pass that I did cause my people

that they should gather themselves together at the land Desolation,

to a city which was in the borders, by the narrow pass

which led into the land southward.

Mormon 3:9

And now, because of this great thing

which my people, the Nephites, had done,

they began to boast in their own strength,

and began to swear before the heavens

that they would avenge themselves of the blood of their brethren

who had been slain by their enemies.

Mormon 3:12

Behold, I had led them,

notwithstanding their wickedness I had led them many times to battle,

and had loved them,

according to the love of God which was in me,

with all my heart;

and my soul had been poured out in prayer unto my God

all the day long for them;

nevertheless, it was without faith,

because of the hardness of their hearts.