1. Alma 26
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... wrote, saying, My dearly beloved brother, Moroni, as well in the Lord as in the tribulations of our warfare; behold, my beloved brother, I have somewhat to tell you concerning our warfare in this ...
... of Nephi. 4 Now ye have known that these were a descendant of Laman, who was the eldest son of our father Lehi. 5 Now I need not rehearse unto you concerning their traditions or their unbelief, ...
... their weapons of war, and would that I should be their leader; and we have come forth to defend our country. 6 And now ye also know concerning the covenant which their fathers made, that they would...
... of war against their brethren, to shed blood. 7 But in the twenty and sixth year, when they saw our afflictions and our tribulations for them, they were about to break the covenant which they had ...
.... 7 But in the twenty and sixth year, when they saw made, and take up their weapons of war in our defense. 8 But I would not suffer them that they should break this covenant which they had made, ...
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Score: 1.48 Matches: 115 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 45KB
2. Alma 28
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... hearts of many people, which will be the cause of sore affliction among us; they have withheld our provisions, and have daunted our freemen, that they have not come unto you. 6 And behold, they ...
... to us daily, to their arms, in the defense of their country, and their freedom, and to avenge our wrongs. 8 And they have come unto us, insomuch that those who have risen up in rebellion against ...
... blood of the Lamanites, if they would stay in their own land. 16 We would not shed the blood of our brethren, if they would not rise up in rebellion and take the sword against us. 17 We would ...
... command us so to do. 18 But behold he doth not command us that we shall subject ourselves to our enemies, but that we should put our trust in him and he will deliver us. 19 Therefore my beloved ...
... ourselves to brother Moroni, let us resist evil; and whatsoever evil we can not resist with our words, yea, such as rebellions and dissensions, let us resist them with our swords, that we may ...
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Score: 1.17 Matches: 14 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 8KB
3. Book of Mormon Testimonies
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..., and people, unto whom this work shall come, that we, through the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, have seen the plates which contain this record, which is a record of the ...
... words of soberness, that an angel of God came down from heaven, and he brought and laid before our eyes, that we beheld and saw the plates, and the engravings thereon; and we know that it is by ...
... of God came down from heaven, and he brought and laid before the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, that we beheld and bear record that these things are true; and it is marvelous...
... God came down from heaven, and he brought and laid before the grace of God the Father, and in our eyes, nevertheless, the voice of the Lord commanded us that we should bear record of it; ...
..., we bear testimony of these things. And we know that if we are faithful in Christ, we shall rid our garments of the blood of all men, and be found spotless before the judgment seat of Christ, and ...
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Score: 1.01 Matches: 7 Last Updated: Jun 26, 2022 File Size: 5KB
4. Mosiah 6
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... the language of the Nephites, and having had a knowledge of the land of Nephi, or of the land of our fathers' first inheritance, and having been sent as a spy among the Lamanites, that I might spy ...
..., and having had a knowledge of the land of Nephi, or of the land of out their forces, that our army might come upon them and destroy them; 2 But when I saw that which was good among them, I ...
... not be destroyed; therefore, I contended with my brethren in the wilderness: for I would that our ruler should make a treaty with them. 3 But he being an austere and a bloodthirsty man, commanded...
...; 4 For father fought against father, and brother against brother, until the greatest number of our army was destroyed in the wilderness; 5 And we returned, those of us that were spared, to the ...
... tale to their wives, and their children. 6 And yet, I being overzealous to inherit the land of our fathers, collected as many as were desirous to go up to possess the land, and started again on ...
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Score: 0.94 Matches: 24 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 16KB
5. Jarom
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...1 Now behold, I, Jarom, write a few words, according to the commandment of my father Enos, that our genealogy may be kept. 2 And as these plates are small, and as these things are written for the ...
...write a few words, according to the commandment of my father Enos, that intent of the benefit of our brethren, the Lamanites, wherefore, it must needs be that I write a little; but I shall not write...
.... 16 And it came to pass that they came many times against us, the Nephites, to battle. 17 But our kings and our leaders were mighty men in the faith of the Lord; and they taught the people the ...
.... 17 But ways of the Lord; 18 Wherefore, we withstood the Lamanites, and swept them away, out of our lands, and began to fortify our cities, or whatsoever place of our inheritance. 19 And we ...
..., they did not prosper against us. 22 But the word of the Lord was verified, which he spake unto our fathers, saying, That inasmuch as ye will keep my commandments, ye shall prosper in the land. 23 ...
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Score: 0.84 Matches: 9 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 8KB
6. Alma 27
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..., of every kind, and send forth against the Lamanites, in whatsoever parts they should come into our land. 16 And now behold, I say unto you, that myself, and also my men, and also Helaman and his ...
...we had suffered, we would not murmur nor complain; but behold, great has been the slaughter among our people: 18 Yea, thousands have fallen by the sword, while it might have otherwise been, if ye had...
...we would not murmur nor complain; but behold, great has been the slaughter among rendered unto our armies sufficient strength and succor for them. 19 Yea, great has been your neglect towards us. ...
... come upon this people, because of their exceeding slothfulness; yea, even the slothfulness of our government, and their exceeding great neglect towards their brethren, yea, towards those who have...
... the slothfulness of been slain: 31 For were it not for the wickedness which first commenced at our head, we could have withstood our enemies, that they could have gained no power over us; yea, had...
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Score: 0.83 Matches: 27 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 18KB
7. 2nd Nephi 7
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... promises unto us according to the flesh; 3 Wherefore, as it has been shown unto me that many of our children shall perish in the flesh, because of unbelief, nevertheless God will be merciful unto ...
... us according to the flesh; 3 Wherefore, as it has been shown unto me that many of many; 4 And our children shall be restored, that they may come to that which will give them the true knowledge of...
... who are the more wicked part of the world; 6 And they shall crucify him: For thus it behooveth our God; 7 And there is none other nation on earth that would crucify their God. 8 For should the ...
... they who are the whore of all the earth; 25 For they who are not for me, are against me, saith our God. 26 For I will fulfill my promises which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do...
... me, saith unto them while they are in the flesh. 27 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God: I will afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; 28 Nevertheless, I will soften the ...
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Score: 0.78 Matches: 11 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 10KB
8. Alma 14
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... which he said unto the people concerning the matter: I thank my God, my beloved people, that our great God has in goodness sent these our brethren, the Nephites, unto us to preach unto us, and ...
... the matter: I thank my God, my beloved people, that to convince us of the traditions of our wicked fathers. 30 And behold, I thank my great God that he has given us a portion of his Spirit ...
... matter: I thank my God, my beloved people, that to convince us of the traditions of to soften our hearts, that we have opened a correspondence with these brethren, the Nephites; 31 And behold, I ...
... of to soften also thank my God that by opening this correspondence we have been convinced of our sins; and of the many murders which we have committed; 32 And I also thank my God, yea, my great ...
... granted unto us that we might repent of these things, and also that he hath forgiven us of those our many sins and murders which we have committed, and took away the guilt from our hearts, through ...
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Score: 0.75 Matches: 50 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 37KB
9. Jacob 1
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... plates, and touch upon them as much as it were possible, for Christ's sake, and for the sake of our people: 5 For because of faith and great anxiety, it truly had been made manifest unto us ...
... touch upon them as much as it were possible, for Christ's sake, and for the sake of concerning our people, what things should happen unto them. 6 And we also had many revelations, and the spirit ...
..., we knew of Christ and his kingdom, which should come. 7 Wherefore, we labored diligently among our people, that we might persuade them to come unto Christ, and partake of the goodness of God, that...
...been consecrated priests, and teachers of this people by the hand of Nephi. 19 And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon ...
... consecrated priests, and teachers of this people by the hand of Nephi. 19 And we did magnify our own heads, if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence; 20 Wherefore, by laboring...
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Score: 0.72 Matches: 8 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 7KB
10. 1st Nephi 4
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... the cause of their disputations. 8 And they said, Behold, we can not understand the words which our father hath spoken concerning the natural branches of the olive tree, and also concerning the ...
...that the house of Israel was compared unto an olive tree, by the Spirit of the Lord which was in our fathers; 15 And behold, are we not broken off from the house of Israel; and are we not a branch ...
...tree, by the Spirit of the Lord which was in of the house of Israel? 16 And now, the thing which our father meaneth concerning the grafting in of the natural branches through the fullness of the ...
...of the house of Israel? 16 And now, the thing which Gentiles, is, that in the latter days, when our seed shall have dwindled in unbelief, yea, for the space of many years and many generations, ...
... of the gospel of the Messiah come unto the Gentiles, and from the Gentiles unto the remnant of our seed; 17 And at that day shall the remnant of our seed know that they are of the house of Israel...
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Score: 0.66 Matches: 14 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 15KB
11. 1st Nephi 5
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... gather together whatsoever things we should carry into the wilderness, and all the remainder of our provisions which the Lord had given unto us; 14 And we did take seed of every kind, that we might...
..., and all the remainder of carry into the wilderness. 15 And it came to pass that we did take our tents, and depart into the wilderness, across the river Laman. 16 And it came to pass that we ...
...take traveled for the space of four days, nearly a south, south-east direction, and we did pitch our tents again; and we did call the name of the place Shazer. 17 And it came to pass that we did ...
...traveled for the space of four days, nearly a south, south-east direction, and we did pitch take our bows and our arrows, and go forth into the wilderness, to slay food for our families; and after ...
...of four days, nearly a south, south-east direction, and we did pitch take we had slain food for our families, we did return again to our families in the wilderness, to the place of Shazer. 18 And ...
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Score: 0.62 Matches: 56 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 58KB
12. Mosiah 10
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... O king, thou hast hitherto hearkened unto my words many times when we have been contending with our brethren, the Lamanites. 6 And now O king, if thou hast not found me to be an unprofitable ...
... pass on the left of their camp, when they are drunken and asleep; 11 Thus we will depart with our women and our children, our flocks and our herds, into the wilderness; and we will travel around ...
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Score: 0.56 Matches: 5 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 6KB
13. 2nd Nephi 6
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... have searched much, many of you, to know of things to come; 6 Wherefore I know that ye know that our flesh must waste away and die; 7 Nevertheless, in our bodies we shall see God. 8 Yea, I know that...
.... 19 O the wisdom of God! his mercy and grace! 20 For behold, if the flesh should rise no more, our spirits must become subject to that angel who fell from before the presence of the eternal God, ...
...! 20 For behold, if the flesh should rise no more, and became the devil, to rise no more. 21 And our spirits must have become like unto him, and we become devils, angels to a devil, to be shut out ...
... flesh should rise no more, and became the devil, to rise no more. 21 And from the presence of our God, and to remain with the father of lies, in misery, like unto himself; 22 Yea, to that being ...
... rise no more, and became the devil, to rise no more. 21 And from the presence of who beguiled our first parents; 23 Who transformeth himself nigh unto an angel of light, and stirreth up the ...
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Score: 0.53 Matches: 18 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 23KB
14. Alma 20
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..., Behold, Zerahemnah, that we do not desire to be men of blood. 63 Ye know that ye are in our hands, yet we do not desire to slay you. 64 Behold, we have not come out to battle against you, ...
... is the very cause for which ye have come against us; yea, and ye are angry with us because of our religion. 66 But now ye behold that the Lord is with us; and ye behold that he has delivered you ...
... the very cause for which ye have come against us; yea, and ye are angry with us because of into our hands. 67 And now I would that ye should understand that this is done unto us because of our ...
... for which ye have come against us; yea, and ye are angry with us because of into religion and our faith in Christ. And now ye see that ye can not destroy this our faith. 68 Now ye see that this ...
... that God will support, and keep, and preserve us, so long as we are faithful unto him, and unto our faith, and our religion; 69 And never will the Lord suffer that we shall be destroyed, except we ...
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Score: 0.52 Matches: 26 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 28KB
15. Mosiah 5
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... a descendant of Zarahemla, and have come up out of the land of Zarahemla, to inquire concerning our brethren, whom Zeniff brought up out of that land. 18 And now, it came to pass that after Limhi ...
... to the Lamanites, and are taxed with a tax which is grievous to be borne. 21 And now, behold, our brethren will deliver us out of our bondage, or out of the hands of the Lamanites, and we will be...
... behold, the time is at hand, or is not far distant, when we shall no longer be in subjection to our enemies, notwithstanding our many strugglings, which have been in vain; yet I trust there ...
... the wilderness; and many more things did he do for them. 30 And again: that same God has brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem, and has kept and preserved his people, even until now. 31 ...
... things did he do for them. 30 And again: that same God has brought And behold, it is because of our iniquities and abominations, that has brought us into bondage. 32 And ye all are witnesses this ...
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Score: 0.49 Matches: 17 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 22KB
16. Moroni 9
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... has fallen by the sword, and also Luram and Emron; yea, and we have lost a great number of our choice men. 3 And now behold, my son, I fear lest the Lamanites shall destroy this people, for ...
... them. 10 And notwithstanding this great abomination of the Lamanites, it doth not exceed that of our people in Moriantum. 11 For behold, many of the daughters of the Lamanites have they taken ...
... old nor young; and they delight in everything save that which is good; and the sufferings of our women and our children upon all the face of this land, doth exceed everything; yea, tongue can ...
... hearts, seeking for blood and revenge. 25 And if it so be that they perish, we know that many of our brethren have dissented over unto the Lamanites, and many more will also dissent over unto them; ...
..., but may Christ lift thee up, and may his sufferings and death, and the shewing his body unto our fathers, and his mercy and long suffering, and the hope of his glory, and of eternal life, rest ...
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Score: 0.48 Matches: 7 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 9KB
17. Alma 15
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..., Let us gather together this people of the Lord, and let us go down to the land of Zarahemla, to our brethren, the Nephites, and flee out of the hands of our enemies, that we be not destroyed. 7 But...
... them. 8 And Ammon said, I will go and inquire of the Lord, and if he said unto us, Go down unto our brethren, will ye go? 9 And the king said unto him, Yea, if the Lord saith unto us, Go, we will ...
...Ammon said, I will go and inquire of the Lord, and if he said unto us, Go down unto go down unto our brethren, and we will be their slaves until we repair unto them the many murders and sins which ...
... down unto we have committed against them. 10 But Ammon said unto him, It is against the law of our brethren, which was established by my father, that there should be any slaves among them; ...
... said unto him, It is against the law of therefore let us go down and rely upon the mercies of our brethren. 11 But the king said unto him, Inquire of the Lord, and if he saith unto us, Go, we ...
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Score: 0.42 Matches: 15 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 20KB
18. 1st Nephi 1
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...he built an altar of stones, and he made an offering unto the Lord, and gave thanks unto the Lord our God. 35 And it came to pass that he called the name of the river Laman, and it emptied into the ...
... glad, for he knew that I had been blessed of the Lord. 67 And I, Nephi, and my brethren took our journey in the wilderness with our tents, to go up to the land of Jerusalem. 68 And it came to ...
... But, behold, I said unto them, that as the Lord liveth, and as we live, we will not go down unto our father in the wilderness, until we have accomplished the thing which the Lord hath commanded us. ...
... be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord; 77 Therefore let us go down to the land of our father's inheritance, for behold he left gold and silver, and all manner of riches. 78 And all ...
...82 And behold it is wisdom in God that we should obtain these records, that we may preserve unto our children the language of our fathers; 83 And also that we may preserve unto them the words which ...
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Score: 0.41 Matches: 30 Last Updated: Feb 25, 2024 File Size: 50KB
19. Alma 9
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... to a state of immortality, and being brought before the bar of God, to be judged according to our works. 22 Then if our hearts have been hardened, yea, if we have hardened our hearts against the ...
...bar of God, to be judged according to word, insomuch that it has not been found in us, then will our state be awful, for then we shall be condemned; 23 For our words will condemn us, yea, all our ...
... not been found in us, then will works will condemn us; we shall not be found spotless: 24 And our thoughts will also condemn us; and in this awful state, we shall not dare look up to our God; 25 ...
... him in his glory, and in his power, and in his might, majesty, and dominion, and acknowledge to our everlasting shame, that all his judgments are just: 27 That he is just in all his works, and that...
...which saith that God placed cherubim and a flaming sword on the east of the garden of Eden, lest our first parents should enter and partake of the fruit of the tree of life, and live for ever? 36 ...
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Score: 0.39 Matches: 13 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 20KB
20. Mosiah 3
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..., because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually. 4 And we, ...
..., we could prophesy of all things. 5 And it is the faith which we have had on the things which our king has spoken unto us, and has brought us to this great knowledge, whereby we do rejoice with ...
...on the things which such exceeding great joy; 6 And we are willing to enter into a covenant with our God, to do his will, and to be obedient to his commandments in all things that he shall command ...
...exceeding great joy; 6 And we are willing to enter into a covenant with us, all the remainder of our days, that we may not bring upon ourselves a never ending torment, as has been spoken by the ...
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Score: 0.39 Matches: 4 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 7KB
21. Mormon 3
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... of the Lamanites, and desired of him that he would grant unto us that we might gather together our people unto the land of Cumorah, by a hill which was called Cumorah, and there we would give them...
...I desired. 5 And it came to pass that we did march forth to the land of Cumorah, and we did pitch our tents round about the hill Cumorah; and it was in a land of many waters, rivers and fountains; ...
... three hundred and eighty and four years had passed away, we had gathered in all the remainder of our people unto the land Cumorah. 7 And it came to pass that when we had gathered in all our people ...
... commanded of the Lord that I should not suffer that the records which had been handed down by our fathers, which were sacred, to fall into the hands of the Lamanites, (for the Lamanites would ...
...were twenty and four of us, (among whom was my son Moroni,) 14 And we having survived the dead of our people, did behold on the morrow, when the Lamanites had returned unto their camps, from the top ...
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Score: 0.38 Matches: 7 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 11KB
22. Ether 5
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... witness until after the trial of your faith, for it was by faith that Christ shewed himself unto our fathers, after he had risen from the dead; 8 And he shewed not himself unto them, until after ...
... Jesus Christ. 23 And I said unto him, Lord, the Gentiles will mock at these things because of our weakness in writing; for Lord thou hast made us mighty in word by faith, but thou hast not made ...
... given them; and thou hast made us that we could write but little, because of the awkwardness of our hands. 25 Behold, thou hast not made us mighty in writing like unto the Brother of Jared, for ...
..., were mighty even as thou art, unto the overpowering of man to read them. 26 Thou hast also made our words powerful and great, even that we can not write them; wherefore, when we write, we behold ...
...were mighty even as thou art, unto the overpowering of man to read them. 26 Thou hast also made our weakness, and stumble because of the placing of our words; and I fear lest the Gentiles shall ...
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Score: 0.37 Matches: 8 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 13KB
23. Enos
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..., unto the Lamanites, that perhaps they might be brought unto salvation: 21 For at the present, our strugglings were vain, in restoring them to the true faith. 22 And they swore in their wrath, ...
... be brought unto salvation: 21 For at the present, that if it were possible, they would destroy our records and us; and, also, all the traditions of our fathers. 23 Wherefore, I knowing that the ...
... For at the present, that if it were possible, they would destroy Lord God was able to preserve our records, I cried unto him continually; 24 For he had said unto me, Whatsoever thing ye shall ask ...
... people of Nephi did seek diligently to restore the Lamanites unto the true faith in God. 31 But our labors were vain; their hatred was fixed, and they were led by their evil nature, that they ...
... I began to be old, and an hundred and seventy and nine years had passed away from the time that our father Lehi left Jerusalem. 43 And as I saw that I must soon go down to my grave, having been ...
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Score: 0.37 Matches: 6 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 11KB
24. Alma 17
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... prosper in the land. 2 I would that ye should do as I have done, in remembering the captivity of our fathers; for they were in bondage, and none could deliver them, except it was the God of Abraham...
..., he spake unto us, as it were the voice of thunder, and the whole earth did tremble beneath our feet, and we all fell to the earth, for the fear of the Lord came upon us. 7 But behold, the ...
... hand, there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy; 20 Yea, methought I saw even as our father Lehi saw, God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels, in...
...the last day, to dwell with him in glory; yea, and I will praise him for ever, for he has brought our fathers out of Egypt, and he has swallowed up the Egyptians in the Red Sea; and he led them by ...
... has delivered them out of bondage and captivity, from time to time; yea, and he has also brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem; and he has also by his everlasting power, delivered them ...
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Score: 0.35 Matches: 16 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 26KB
25. Alma 25
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... God whom you have rejected, upon you, even to your utter destruction; 10 But as the Lord liveth, our armies shall come upon you, except ye withdraw, and ye shall soon be visited with death, for we ...
... have rejected, upon you, even to your utter destruction; 10 But as the Lord liveth, will retain our cities and our lands; yea, and we will maintain our religion and the cause of our God. 11 But ...
...and I will come against you, and I will follow you even into your own land, which is the land of our first inheritance; yea, and it shall be blood for blood; yea, life for life; and I will give you ...
...14 But behold, if ye seek to destroy us more, we will seek to destroy you; yea, and we will seek our land, the lands of our first inheritance. 15 Now I close my epistle. I am Moroni; I am a leader ...
... war; 22 And we will wage a war which shall be eternal, either to the subjecting the Nephites to our authority, or to their eternal extinction. 23 And as concerning that God whom ye say we have ...
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Score: 0.35 Matches: 11 Last Updated: Aug 28, 2022 File Size: 18KB
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