Unit 95

were

16 occurrences in 13 verses

Mormon 1:7, 9, 14, 16, 18, 19,

Mormon 2:7, 16, 20, 21, 26,

Mormon 3:4, 8

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 1:9

Now the Lamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites were called Lamanites,

and the two parties were Nephites and Lamanites.

Mormon 1:14

And there were no gifts from the Lord,

and the Holy Ghost did not come upon any,

because of their wickedness and unbelief.

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 1:18

And these Gadianton robbers,

who were among the Lamanites,

did infest the land,

insomuch that the inhabitants thereof began

to hide up their treasures in the earth;

and they became slippery,

because the Lord had cursed the land,

that they could not hold them, nor retain them again.

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 2:7

And it came to pass that we did gather in our people as fast as it were possible,

that we might get them together in one body.

Mormon 2:16

And it came to pass that in the three hundred and forty and fifth year

the Nephites did begin to flee before the Lamanites;

and they were pursued until they came even to the land of Jashon,

before it was possible to stop them in their retreat.

Mormon 2:20

And it came to pass that in this year

the people of Nephi again were hunted and driven.

And it came to pass that we were driven forth

until we had come northward to the land which was called Shem.

Mormon 2:21

And it came to pass that we did fortify the city of Shem,

and we did gather in our people as much as it were possible,

that perhaps we might save them from destruction.

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 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 3:8

And in the three hundred and sixty and second year

they did come down again to battle.

And we did beat them again,

and did slay a great number of them,

and their dead were cast into the sea.