List

An archaic verb meaning to wish, desire, like, or choose, as in the third-person singular simple present indicative form “listeth to obey.”¹ It is used three times in the Book of Mormon and twice in the Teachings and Commandments. In each of the following examples, the word choose can be substituted: For behold, there is a woe pronounced upon him who listeth [chooses] to obey that spirit; for if he listeth [chooses] to obey him, and remaineth and dieth in his sin s… (Mosiah 1:10). Therefore, he listeth [chooses] to obey the evil spirit and becometh an enemy to all righteousness (Mosiah 1:11), Neither shall they be driven with fierce winds withersoever the enemy listeth [chooses] to carry them (Alma 14:16).