Unit 95

of the

43 occurrences in 30 verses

Mormon 1:1, 2, 7, 8, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19,

Mormon 2:2, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 15, 26, 27,

Mormon 3:4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22

Mormon 1:1

And now I, Mormon, make a record of the things

which I have both seen and heard,

and call it the Book of Mormon.

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 1:7

The whole face of the land had become covered with buildings,

and the people were as numerous almost, as it were the sand of the sea.

Mormon 1:8

And it came to pass in this year there began to be a war between the Nephites,

who consisted of the Nephites and the Jacobites and the Josephites and the Zoramites;

and this war was between the Nephites, and the Lamanites

and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites.

Mormon 1:13

But wickedness did prevail upon the face of the whole land,

insomuch that the Lord did take away his beloved disciples,

and the work of miracles and of healing did cease

because of the iniquity of the people.

Mormon 1:15

And I, being fifteen years of age

and being somewhat of a sober mind,

therefore I was visited of the Lord,

and tasted and knew of the goodness of Jesus.

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 1:17

But I did remain among them,

but I was forbidden to preach unto them,

because of the hardness of their hearts;

and because of the hardness of their hearts

the land was cursed for their sake.

Mormon 1:19

And it came to pass that there were sorceries, and witchcrafts, and magics;

and the power of the evil one was wrought upon all the face of the land,

even unto the fulfilling of all the words of Abinadi,

and also Samuel the Lamanite.

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 2:4

And it came to pass that we did come to the city of Angola,

and we did take possession of the city,

and make preparations to defend ourselves against the Lamanites.

And it came to pass that we did fortify the city with our might;

but notwithstanding all our fortifications

the Lamanites did come upon us and did drive us out of the city.

Mormon 2:5

And they did also drive us forth out of the land of David.

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 2:12

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 2:26

And it came to pass that when they had fled

we did pursue them with our armies,

and did meet them again, and did beat them;

nevertheless the strength of the Lord was not with us;

yea, we were left to ourselves,

that the Spirit of the Lord did not abide in us;

therefore we had become weak like unto our brethren.

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 3:4

And it came to pass that after this tenth year had passed away,

making, in the whole, three hundred and sixty years from the coming of Christ,

the king of the Lamanites sent an epistle unto me,

which gave unto me to know

that they were preparing to come again to battle against us.

Mormon 3:6

And there we did place our armies,

that we might stop the armies of the Lamanites,

that they might not get possession of any of our lands;

therefore we did fortify against them with all our force.

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 3:10

And they did swear by the heavens, and also by the throne of God,

that they would go up to battle against their enemies,

and would cut them off from the face of the land.

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.

Mormon 3:13

And thrice have I delivered them out of the hands of their enemies,

and they have repented not of their sins.

Mormon 3:14

And when they had sworn by all

that had been forbidden them by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,

that they would go up unto their enemies to battle,

and avenge themselves of the blood of their brethren,

behold the voice of the Lord came unto me, saying:

Mormon 3:15

Vengeance is mine, and I will repay;

and because this people repented not after I had delivered them,

behold, they shall be cut off from the face of the earth.

Mormon 3:16

And it came to pass that I utterly refused to go up against mine enemies;

and I did even as the Lord had commanded me;

and I did stand as an idle witness

to manifest unto the world the things which I saw and heard,

according to the manifestations of the Spirit

which had testified of things to come.

Mormon 3:18

Yea, behold, I write unto all the ends of the earth;

yea, unto you, twelve tribes of Israel,

who shall be judged according to your works by the twelve

whom Jesus chose to be his disciples in the land of Jerusalem.

Mormon 3:21

And also that ye may believe the gospel of Jesus Christ,

which ye shall have among you;

and also that the Jews, the covenant people of the Lord,

shall have other witness besides him whom they saw and heard,

that Jesus, whom they slew, was the very Christ and the very God.

Mormon 3:22

And I would that I could persuade all ye ends of the earth

to repent and prepare to stand before the judgment-seat of Christ.