Alma 31: 5

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THE BOOK OF ALMA
THE SON OF ALMA

CHAPTER 31

5 And now, as the ^apreaching of the ^bword had a great tendency to ^clead the people to do that which was just—yea, it had had more powerful effect upon the minds of the people than the sword, or anything else, which had happened unto them—therefore Alma thought it was expedient that they should try the virtue of the word of God.

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5a	Ex. 24: 7. 7 And he took the book of the ^acovenant, and ^bread in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be ^cobedient. Jonah 3: 5. 5 ¶ ^aSo the people of ^bNineveh believed God, and proclaimed a ^cfast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. Rom. 10: 17. 17 So then ^afaith cometh by ^bhearing, and hearing by the word of God. Enos 1: 23. 23 And there was nothing save it was exceeding ^aharshness, ^bpreaching and prophesying of wars, and contentions, and destructions, and continually ^creminding them of death, and the duration of eternity, and the judgments and the power of God, and all these things—stirring them up ^dcontinually to keep them in the fear of the Lord. I say there was nothing short of these things, and exceedingly great plainness of speech, would keep them from going down speedily to destruction. And after this manner do I write concerning them. Alma 4: 19. 19 And this he did that he ^ahimself might go forth among his people, or among the people of Nephi, that he might ^bpreach the ^cword of God unto them, to ^dstir them up in ^eremembrance of their duty, and that he might pull down, by the word of God, all the pride and craftiness and all the contentions which were among his people, seeing no way that he might reclaim them save it were in bearing down in pure ^ftestimony against them. TG Preaching.
b	2 Kgs. 22: 11. 11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the ^awords of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. Heb. 4: 12. 12 For the ^aword of God is ^bquick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged ^csword, ^dpiercing even to the dividing asunder ^eof soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a ^fdiscerner of the ^gthoughts and ^hintents of the heart. Jacob 2: 8. 8 And it supposeth me that they have come up hither to hear the pleasing ^aword of God, yea, the word which healeth the wounded soul. Alma 36: 26. 26 For because of the ^aword which he has imparted unto me, behold, many have been born of God, and have ^btasted as I have tasted, and have seen eye to eye as I have seen; therefore they do know of these things of which I have spoken, as I do know; and the knowledge which I have is of God.
c	Jarom 1: 12. 12 And it came to pass that by so doing they kept them from being ^adestroyed upon the face of the land; for they did ^bprick their hearts with the word, ^ccontinually stirring them up unto repentance. Alma 45: 21. 21 For behold, because of their wars with the Lamanites and the many little dissensions and disturbances which had been among the people, it became expedient that the ^aword of God should be declared among them, yea, and that a ^bregulation should be made throughout the church.