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And God stirred him up another adversary: Rezon the son of Eliada, who fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.
And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place.
And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people.
Stir up yourself and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. ... Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Now the cause of this iniquity of the people was this: Satan had great power unto the stirring up of the people to do all manner of iniquity and to the puffing them up with pride, tempting them to seek for power, and authority, and riches, and the vain things of the world. ... And thus in the commencement of the thirtieth year — the people having been delivered up for the space of a long time to be carried about by the temptations of the Devil, whithersoever he desired to carry them, and to do whatsoever iniquity he desired they should — and thus in the commencement of this, the thirtieth year, they were in a state of awful wickedness.
And he took up his parable and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said, he has said (who heard the words of God, who saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance but having his eyes open): How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, and your tabernacles, O Israel! ... He shall eat up the nations, his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. ... He crouched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion, who shall stir him up?
Now this did cause much joy in the hearts of those who were against him, but Amlici did stir up those who were in his favor to anger against those who were not in his favor.
And it came to pass that after many days the Lamanites began again to be stirred up in anger against the Nephites, and they began to come into the borders of the land round about.
(Covenant of Christ) Mosiah 9:29
Their continual complaining stirred up the rest of Limhi’s people to be angry at the Lamanites, so they went once more to battle.
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and made their minds poisoned against the brethren.
And there is none of you that is sorry for me, or shows unto me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait as at this day.
And it came to pass also in this year that there were some dissenters who had gone forth unto the Lamanites, and they were stirred up again to anger against the Nephites.
(Covenant of Christ) 2 Nephi 8:17
Therefore the Lord’s anger has been stirred against His people, and this is why He has hit and punished them. ... And the earth quaked, and dead bodies piled up in the streets.
(Teachings and Commandments) Section 50:7
Wherefore, I, the Lord, will that you should purchase the lands, that you may have advantage of the world, that you may have claim on the world, that they may not be stirred up unto anger.
And it came to pass that thus they did stir up the people to anger against Nephi and raised contentions among them; for there were some who did cry out, Let this man alone, for he is a good man, and those things which he saith will surely come to pass except we repent.
(A Glossary of Gospel Terms) Entries Awake and Arise
There are two things that generally stir one up to repentance: first, to awaken to one’s awful situation (see 2 Nephi 1:3; 2 Nephi 3:8); and second, to arise and connect with the source that will cure what is wrong with one (see Moroni 10:6).
I command you to bring Abinadi hither that I may slay him, for he has said these things that he might stir up my people to anger one with another, and to raise contentions among my people; therefore I will slay him.
Yea, for he knew that they would stir up the Lamanites to anger against them and cause them to come down to battle against them; and this he knew that Amalickiah would do that he might obtain his purposes.
And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.
None is so fierce that dare stir him up.
(Teachings and Commandments) Joseph Smith History 10:13
And behold, they will publish this, and Satan will harden the hearts of the people, to stir them up to anger against you that they will not believe my words.
And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him and caught him, and brought him to the council, and set up false witnesses who said, This man ceases not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law, for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
And now the king said that Alma was a stirring up the people to a rebellion against him; therefore he sent his army to destroy them.
And now it came to pass that in the three hundred and sixty and third year, the Nephites did go up with their armies to battle against the Lamanites, out of the land of Desolation. ... And it was because the armies of the Nephites went up unto the Lamanites that they began to be smitten — for were it not for that, the Lamanites could have had no power over them. ... But behold, the judgments of God will overtake the wicked; and it is by the wicked that the wicked are punished, for it is the wicked that stir up the hearts of the children of men unto bloodshed.
And it came to pass that their continual cries did stir up the remainder of the people of Limhi to anger against the Lamanites.