King Benjamin records the names of the people and appoints priests to teach them—Mosiah reigns as a righteous king. About 124—121 B.C.

1 - And now, king Benjamin thought it was expedient, after having finished speaking to the people, that he should take the names of all those who had entered into a covenant with God to keep his commandments.

2 - And it came to pass that there was not one soul, except it were little children, but who had entered into the covenant and had taken upon them the name of Christ.

3 - And again, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had made an end of all these things, and had consecrated his son Mosiah to be a ruler and a king over his people, and had given him all the charges concerning the kingdom, and also had appointed priests to teach the people, that thereby they might hear and know the commandments of God, and to stir them up in remembrance of the oath which they had made, he dismissed the multitude, and they returned, every one, according to their families, to their own houses.

4 - And Mosiah began to reign in his father’s stead. *And he began to reign in the thirtieth year of his age, making in the whole, about four hundred and seventy-six years from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem.

5 - And king Benjamin lived three *years and he died.

6 - And it came to pass that king Mosiah did walk in the ways of the Lord, and did observe his judgments and his statutes, and did keep his commandments in all things whatsoever he commanded him.

7 - And king Mosiah did cause his people that they should till the earth. And he also, himself, did till the earth, that thereby he might not become burdensome to his people, that he might do according to that which his father had done in all things. And there was no contention among all his people for the space of three years. * verse 4 (about 124 B.C. ); Verse 5 (About 121 B.C. ).

8 - Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

9 - How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

10 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

11 - So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

12 - ¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

13 - He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

14 - Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

15 - Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

16 - ¶ These six things doth the L ORD hate : yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

17 - A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

18 - An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

19 - A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

20 - ¶ My son, keep thy father ’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

21 - Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

22 - When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

23 - For the commandment is a lamp ; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

24 - To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

25 - Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

26 - For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

27 - Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

28 - Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

29 - So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

30 - Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

31 - But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

32 - But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding : he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

33 - A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

34 - For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

35 - He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.