Psalms 98:1 98:1 Isaiah 51:9 51:9 1 Samuel 2:3 2:3 Isaiah 52:10 52:10 Luke 11:52 11:52 Matthew 23:23 23:23 Micah 3:1 3:1 Isaiah 5:8 5:8 1 Corinthians 15:33 15:33 James 4:16 4:16 Galatians 5:9 5:9 1 Corinthians 5:2 5:2 Luke 1:51 Isaiah 10:1 1 Corinthians 5:6 2 Nephi 10:1 Alma 1:2 Alma 1:1 Mosiah 29:16
Mosiah 29:16
Now I say unto you, that because all men are not just it is not expedient that ye should have a king or kings to rule over you.
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This chapter in the commentary 2 Nephi 10 — Reconcile Yourselves — Jacob's Second Day and the Land of Promise 3 Nephi 3 — We Will Wait Till They Come — Lachoneus, Gidgiddoni, and the Defense of a Gathered People Alma 1 — Nehor the Anti-Christ — Priestcraft Named, Gideon Slain, and the First Capital Trial under the Reign of the Judges Alma 2 — Amlici Rejected by the Voice of the People — the First Civil War of the Judges, the Self-Crowned King, and the Battle at the Sidon Alma 4 — Pride Enters the Church — Inequality at Zarahemla, Alma Yields the Judgment-Seat to Nephihah, and the Decision to Go Forth in Pure Testimony Alma 11 — Every Joint to Its Proper Frame — The Nephite Money System, Zeezrom's Six Onties, and the Master Resurrection Discourse Alma 16 — The Desolation of Nehors — Ammonihah Destroyed in a Day, the Zoram Rescue at Sidon, and the Many Things That Looked Forth for the Coming of Christ Alma 17 — They Had Searched the Scriptures Diligently — The Sons of Mosiah, the Fourteen-Year Lamanite Mission, and Ammon at the Waters of Sebus Alma 27 — We Will Give Up the Land of Jershon — The Rescue of a Defenseless People, the Voice of the People Saying Yes, and the Birth of the People of Ammon Alma 28 — A Tremendous Battle, and Then a Tremendous Silence — The Great War, the Mourning of a Nation, and the Inequality of Man Because of Sin Alma 30 — Korihor — The Anatomy of Unbelief, and the Sign That Was Not Mercy Alma 51 — The King-Men and the Javelin — Liberty Assailed from Within and the Death of the Usurper Ether 6 — Driven Forth Before the Wind — The Crossing of the Deep, and a People That Sang in the Storm Ether 7 — Brought Into Captivity — The Kingdom Divided, and the Brother of Jared's Warning Begins to Come True Ether 10 — Never Could Be a People More Blessed — The Tyrant, the Long Captivities, and a Land at Its Height Helaman 1 — The Unguarded City — A Throne Contested and a Capital Nearly Lost Mosiah 8 — The Twenty-Four Plates and the Doctrine of the Seer — Interpreters, Urim and Thummim, and a Gift Greater Than Prophecy Mosiah 23 — Alma's People in Helam — The Refused Kingship, the Liberty Doctrine, the Land Beautiful, the Amulonites Discovered, and the Lord Chasteneth Those Whom He Loveth Mosiah 25 — The Great Gathering in Zarahemla — Three Records Read, the Mulekite Majority Numbered, Limhi's People Baptized by Alma, and Seven Churches Organized in the Land Mosiah 28 — The Sons of Mosiah Depart for the Lamanites — They Could Not Bear That Any Soul Should Perish, Mosiah Translates the Jaredite Plates by the Interpreters, the Office of the Seer Defined Doctrine and Covenants 26 — By Common Consent Doctrine and Covenants 134 — Of Governments and Laws 1 Kings 12 — To Your Tents, O Israel — The Yoke at Shechem, the Counsel of Young Men, the Kingdom Torn, and the Calves of Gold 1 Kings 21 — The Vineyard Hard by the Palace — Naboth's Costly No, Jezebel's Letters, the Blood the Dogs Licked, and the Sackcloth That Moved Heaven 2 Chronicles 19 — Good Things Found in Thee — The Rebuke That Names the Good, and the King Who Turned Correction into Reform 2 Chronicles 30 — The Passover of the Gathered and the Unclean — Hezekiah's Letters to the Remnant, the Mockers and the Humbled, and the Prayer That Weighed the Heart Above the Rite Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read Mosiah 29:16 in context .
