"And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."
Helaman says this to his sons Nephi and Lehi (Helaman 5:12)
Amalickiah
No one knows but some say he may have been taken up by the Spirit, even as Moses (Alma 45: 18-19)
The city where Nephites were kept prisoners of war and where Moroni caused that the guards should become drunk so he could rescue the prisoners? (Hint: Alma 55)
The city of Gid
Name three prophecies of Samuel the Lamanite
Nephite nation would be destroyed within 400 years, signs of Christ's birth (what are they?), signs of Christ's death (what are they?)
"Thou hast had signs enough; will ye tempt your God?"
Alma the Younger says it to Korihor
The Nephite military leader who took out two Lamanite kings during the night.
Teancum (he killed Amalickiah and Ammoron)
In Alma 43, the Nephites and Lamanites go to war. Name one key difference in their battle preparation.
Moroni arms his men with breastplates, shields, helmets and thick clothing. The Lamanites had weapons but were clothes in loin cloths. There was also a difference in spiritual preparation.
They migrated to the "land northward to inherit the land" (Helaman 3:3), Jaredite land. They built houses of cement.
What six things were written upon Moroni's Title of Liberty?
"In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children." (Alma 46:12)
"Do not suppose that this is all; for after ye have done all these things, if he turn away the needy, and the naked, and visit not the sick and afflicted, and impart of your substance, if ye have, to those who stand in need--I say unto you, if ye d not any of these things, beyond your prayer is vain, and availeth you nothing, and ye are as hypocrites who do deny they faith." (Hint: an angel told him Alma the Younger was coming)
Amulek says it to the Zoramites (Alma 34)
Helaman's stripling warriors were sons of which group of Lamanites?
The sons of the people of Ammon, or the Anti-Nephi-Lehies
(Two parts) Alma leads a mission to reclaim this group of people who had "fallen into great errors" who used this to pray? (Hint: Alma 31)
The Zoramites and Rameumptom (holy stand)
When Nephi and Lehi are imprisoned, they are encircled by a pillar of fire. Then they hear a voice. What is the first thing it commands them to do? What did the voice sound like?
"Repent ye, repent ye." (Helaman 5:29-30). The voice was "a still voice of perfect mildness, as if it had been a whisper, and it did pierce even to the very soul."
"Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep..."
Alma the Younger says it to his son Helaman (Alma 37:37)
(Two parts) The names of Pahoran's sons who caused three divisions among the people. Who succeeded Pahoran first and how did he die?
Pahoran II, Paanchi, and Pacumeni. Pahoran II was appointed by the voice of the people but was killed by Kishkumen.
(Two parts) This man ridiculed Christ and taught there is no penalty for sin. What was his fate? (Hint: Alma 30)
Korihor, the anti-Christ. He asks for a sign, is struck dumb, then trodden down and dies.
What prison were Nephi and Lehi thrown into when they tried to preach in the land of Nephi? (Hint: Helaman 5)
In Alma 56-57, Helaman describes the qualities that his 2060 stripling warriors have. What are some of them?
56:45 Courageous; 47 did not doubt God; obeyed mothers
57:21: Obedient, observed to perform every word of command with exactness; remembered faith taught by mothers; 57:26: exceeding faith in a just God, did not doubt; 57:27: Firm minds, put trust in God continually
"And now behold, I say unto you that myself, and also my men, and also Helaman and his men, have suffered exceedingly great sufferings; yea, even hunger, thirst, and fatigue, and all manner of afflictions of every kind. But behold, were this all we had suffered we would not murmur nor complain...Can you think to sit upon your thrones in a state of thoughtless stupor, while your enemies are spreading the work of death around you?"
Captain Moroni says it in a letter to Pahoran, asking why the government has neglected to come to their aid (Alma 60:3-7)
Under whose command was there never a "happier time among the people of Nephi, since the days of Nephi, than in the days of ___?"? (Hint: Alma 50)
Moroni
The city where Korihor taught where he "did not have much success for he was taken and bound and carried before the high priest." (Hint: it was named in memory of the righteous man slain by Nehor)
The land of Gideon
There are times when the prophet Mormon paused his narration of certain accounts to identify lessons we can learn. What are some of the phrases he uses to do this?
And thus we learn; And thus we see; thus we can behold, etc.