If you need to reference the text for 1 Nephi 8:23, you can find 1 Nephi Chapter 8 here. I am also relying on “The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text.” At times there will be variations between these two editions.
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[The Book of Mormon – the Earliest Text divides 1 Nephi 8:23 into four sense lines.]
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and – 177 occurrences – verses 6:1, 6:3, 6:4, 6:5, 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 7:11, 7:12, 7:13, 7:14, 7:15, 7:16, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:2, 8:3, 8:4, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 8:8, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:12, 8:13, 8:14, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:19, 8:20, 8:21, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:25, 8:26, 8:27, 8:28, 8:29, 8:30, 8:31, 8:32, 8:33, 8:35, 8:36, 8:37, 8:38, 9:1, 9:2, 9:4, 9:6
and it – 38 occurrences – verses 6:3, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:16, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:2, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:13, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:19, 8:20, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:26, 8:27, 8:32, 8:36
and it came to pass that – 31 occurrences – verses 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:16, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:2, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:32, 8:36
it – 60 occurrences – verses 6:1, 6:2, 6:3, 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 7:9, 7:10, 7:11, 7:12, 7:13, 7:16, 7:17, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8;1, 8:2, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:12, 8:13, 8:14, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:19, 8:20, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:26, 8:27, 8:32, 8:36, 9:6
it came – 34 occurrences – verses 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:16, 7:17, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:2, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:14, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:32, 8:36
it came to pass that – 33 occurrences – verses 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:16, 7:17, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:2, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:32, 8:36
came – 40 occurrences – verses 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:16, 7:17, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:2, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:14, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:20, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:27, 8:30, 8:32, 8:36
to – 71 occurrences – verses 6:2, 6:3, 6:4, 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:12, 7:14, 7:15, 7:16, 7:17, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:2, 8:3, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 8:8, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:12, 8:14, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:19, 8:20, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:30, 8:32, 8:36, 8:37, 8:38, 9:5, 9:6
pass – 33 occurrences – verses 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:16, 7:17, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8;1, 8:2, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:32, 8:36
that – 105 occurrences – verses 6:2, 6:3, 6:4, 6:6, 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 7:9, 7:10, 7:11, 7:12, 7:13, 7:14, 7:15, 7:16, 7:17, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:2, 8:3, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 8:8, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:12, 8:13, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:21, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:25, 8:28, 8:31, 8:32, 8:33, 8:36, 8:37, 8:38, 9:3
that there – 2 occurrences – verses 8:23, 9:3
there – 2 occurrences – verses 8:23, 9:3
arose – 1 occurrence – verse 8:23
a – 29 occurrences – verses 6:2, 6:3, 8:2, 8:4, 8:5, 8:7, 8:9, 8:10, 8:13, 8:14, 8:15, 8:19, 8:20, 8:23, 8:26, 8:28, 8:36, 8:37, 9:1, 9:2, 9:3, 9:5, 9:6
mist – 2 occurrences – verses 8:23
mist of darkness – 2 occurrences – verses 8:23
of – 136 occurrences – verses 6:1, 6:2, 6:3, 6:4, 6:5, 6:6, 7:1, 7:2, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 7:9, 7:10, 7:11, 7:12, 7:13, 7:14, 7:15, 7:17, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:3, 8:4, 8:8, 8:11, 8:12, 8:13, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:19, 8:20, 8:21, 8:23, 8:24, 8:25, 8:26, 8:27, 8:28, 8:29, 8:30, 8:32, 8:33, 8:34, 8:35, 8:36, 8:37, 8:38, 9:1, 9:2, 9:3, 9:4, 9:6
of darkness – 3 occurrences – verses 8:23, 8:24
darkness – 4 occurrences – verses 8:8, 8:23, 8:24
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yea – 11 occurrences – verses 7:6, 7:8, 7:11, 7:12, 7:17, 7:19, 8:11, 8:23, 8:36, 8:37
yea even – 3 occurrences – verses 7:8, 7:17, 8:23
even – 5 occurrences – verses 7:8, 7:17, 8:20, 8:23, 8:24
an – 6 occurrences – verses 7:1, 7:8, 7:10, 8:23, 9:3, 9:4
exceeding – 4 occurrences – verses 7:16, 8:12, 8:23, 8:27
exceeding great – 2 occurrences – verses 8:12, 8:23
great – 7 occurrences – verses 7:11, 8:12, 8:23, 8:26, 8:31, 8:33, 9:1
mist – 2 occurrences – verses 8:23
mist of darkness – 2 occurrences – verses 8:23
of – 136 occurrences – verses 6:1, 6:2, 6:3, 6:4, 6:5, 6:6, 7:1, 7:2, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 7:9, 7:10, 7:11, 7:12, 7:13, 7:14, 7:15, 7:17, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:3, 8:4, 8:8, 8:11, 8:12, 8:13, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:19, 8:20, 8:21, 8:23, 8:24, 8:25, 8:26, 8:27, 8:28, 8:29, 8:30, 8:32, 8:33, 8:34, 8:35, 8:36, 8:37, 8:38, 9:1, 9:2, 9:3, 9:4, 9:6
of darkness – 3 occurrences – verses 8:23, 8:24
darkness – 4 occurrences – verses 8:8, 8:23, 8:24
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insomuch – 6 occurrences – verses 7:4, 7:5, 7:14, 7:19, 7:20, 8:23
insomuch that – 6 occurrences – verses 7:4, 7:5, 7:14, 7:19, 7:20, 8:23
insomuch that they – 5 occurrences – verses 7:5, 7:14, 7:19, 7:20, 8:23
that – 105 occurrences – verses 6:2, 6:3, 6:4, 6:6, 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 7:9, 7:10, 7:11, 7:12, 7:13, 7:14, 7:15, 7:16, 7:17, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:2, 8:3, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 8:8, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:12, 8:13, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:21, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:25, 8:28, 8:31, 8:32, 8:33, 8:36, 8:37, 8:38, 9:3
that they – 27 occurrences – verses 6:6, 7:1, 7:5, 7:12, 7:14, 7:16, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 8:3, 8:15, 8:16, 8:21, 8:22, 8:23, 8:25, 8:28, 8:33, 8:37
they – 58 occurrences – verses 6:3, 6:6, 7:1, 7:5, 7:7, 7:12, 7:14, 7:16, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:3, 8:14, 8:15, 8:16, 8:18, 8:21, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:25, 8:27, 8:28, 8:30, 8:33, 8:36, 8:37, 9:2
which – 28 occurrences – verses 6:1, 6:5, 6:6, 7:7, 7:13, 7:15, 7:17, 8:3, 8:13, 8:15, 8:19, 8:20, 8:21, 8:22, 8:23, 8:27, 8:36, 9:1, 9:2, 9:5
which had – 2 occurrences – verses 8:23, 8:27
had – 21 occurrences – verses 7:1, 7:16, 7:18, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:7, 8:8, 8:9, 8:11, 8:20, 8:23, 8:25, 8:27, 8:28, 8:34, 8:36, 8:38
commenced – 2 occurrences – verses 8:22, 8:23
commenced in the path – 2 occurrences – verses 8:22, 8:23
in – 33 occurrences – verses 6:1, 7:1, 7:4, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 7:11, 7:12, 7:13, 7:16, 7:17, 8:2, 8:3, 8:5, 8:7, 8:8, 8:22, 8:23, 8:26, 8:27, 8:30, 8:32, 8:36, 8:37, 9:1, 9:5
in the – 14 occurrences – verses 6:1, 7:1, 7:4, 7:6, 7:7, 7:16, 8:2, 8:3, 8:22, 8:23, 8:26, 8:27, 8:32, 9:1
the – 168 occurrences – verses 6:1, 6:3, 6:4, 6:5, 6:6, 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 7:9, 7:10, 7:11, 7:12, 7:13, 7:14, 7:15, 7:16, 7:17, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:2, 8:3, 8:8, 8:9, 8:11, 8:12, 8:13, 8:14, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:19, 8:20, 8:21, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:25, 8:26, 8:27, 8:28, 8:29, 8:30, 8:32, 8:33, 8:34, 8:35, 8:36, 8:37, 8:38, 9:1, 9:2, 9:3, 9:4, 9:5, 9:6
the path – 3 occurrences – verses 8:21, 8:22, 8:23
path – 4 occurrences – verses 8:20, 8:21, 8:22, 8:23
did – 35 occurrences – verses 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:16, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:11, 8:15, 8:16, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:25, 8:30, 8:33, 8:37, 8:38, 9:1
lose – 1 occurrence – verse 8:23
their – 16 occurrences – verses 7:5, 7:6, 7:8, 7:16, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:3, 8:23, 8:25, 8:27, 8:30, 8:31
their way – 3 occurrences – verses 8:23, 8:30, 8:31
way – 5 occurrences – verses 8:14, 8:23, 8:30, 8:31, 9:6
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that – 105 occurrences – verses 6:2, 6:3, 6:4, 6:6, 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 7:9, 7:10, 7:11, 7:12, 7:13, 7:14, 7:15, 7:16, 7:17, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:2, 8:3, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 8:8, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:12, 8:13, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:21, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:25, 8:28, 8:31, 8:32, 8:33, 8:36, 8:37, 8:38, 9:3
that they – 27 occurrences – verses 6:6, 7:1, 7:5, 7:12, 7:14, 7:16, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 8:3, 8:15, 8:16, 8:21, 8:22, 8:23, 8:25, 8:28, 8:33, 8:37
they – 58 occurrences – verses 6:3, 6:6, 7:1, 7:5, 7:7, 7:12, 7:14, 7:16, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:3, 8:14, 8:15, 8:16, 8:18, 8:21, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:25, 8:27, 8:28, 8:30, 8:33, 8:36, 8:37, 9:2
wandered – 1 occurrence – verse 8:23
off – 5 occurrences – verses 7:18, 8:14, 8:23, 8:36, 8:37
off and – 2 occurrences – verses 8:14, 8:23
and – 177 occurrences – verses 6:1, 6:3, 6:4, 6:5, 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 7:11, 7:12, 7:13, 7:14, 7:15, 7:16, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 8:1, 8:2, 8:3, 8:4, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 8:8, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:12, 8:13, 8:14, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:19, 8:20, 8:21, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:25, 8:26, 8:27, 8:28, 8:29, 8:30, 8:31, 8:32, 8:33, 8:35, 8:36, 8:37, 8:38, 9:1, 9:2, 9:4, 9:6
and were – 3 occurrences – verses 8:23, 8:27, 8:28
and were lost – 2 occurrences – verses 8:23, 8:28
were – 19 occurrences – verses 7:7, 7:16, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 8:21, 8:23, 8:25, 8:26, 8:27, 8:28, 8:32, 8:33, 8:36
were lost – 3 occurrences – verses 8:23, 8:28, 8:32
lost – 3 occurrences – verses 8:23, 8:28, 8:32