Unit 1
that
141 occurrences in 95 verses
1 Nephi 1:3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20,
1 Nephi 2:1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 23, 24,
1 Nephi 3:1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31,
1 Nephi 4:1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38,
1 Nephi 5:1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
1 Nephi 1:3
And I know that the record which I make is true;
and I make it with mine own hand;
and I make it according to my knowledge.
1 Nephi 1:4
For it came to pass in the commencement of the first year
of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah,
(my father, Lehi, having dwelt at Jerusalem in all his days);
and in that same year there came many prophets, prophesying unto the people
that they must repent, or the great city Jerusalem must be destroyed.
1 Nephi 1:5
Wherefore it came to pass that
my father, Lehi, as he went forth prayed unto the Lord,
yea, even with all his heart, in behalf of his people.
1 Nephi 1:7
And it came to pass that he returned to his own house at Jerusalem;
and he cast himself upon his bed,
being overcome with the Spirit and the things which he had seen.
1 Nephi 1:8
And being thus overcome with the Spirit,
he was carried away in a vision,
even that he saw the heavens open,
and he thought he saw God sitting upon his throne,
surrounded with numberless concourses of angels
in the attitude of singing and praising their God.
1 Nephi 1:9
And it came to pass that he saw One descending out of the midst of heaven,
and he beheld that his luster was above that of the sun at noon-day.
1 Nephi 1:10
And he also saw twelve others following him,
and their brightness did exceed that of the stars in the firmament.
1 Nephi 1:11
And they came down and went forth upon the face of the earth;
and the first came and stood before my father,
and gave unto him a book, and bade him that he should read.
1 Nephi 1:12
And it came to pass that as he read,
he was filled with the Spirit of the Lord.
1 Nephi 1:13
And he read, saying: Wo, wo, unto Jerusalem,
for I have seen thine abominations!
Yea, and many things did my father read concerning Jerusalem —
that it should be destroyed, and the inhabitants thereof;
many should perish by the sword,
and many should be carried away captive into Babylon.
1 Nephi 1:14
And it came to pass that when my father had read
and seen many great and marvelous things,
he did exclaim many things unto the Lord; such as:
Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God Almighty!
Thy throne is high in the heavens,
and thy power, and goodness, and mercy are over all the inhabitants of the earth;
and, because thou art merciful,
thou wilt not suffer those who come unto thee that they shall perish!
1 Nephi 1:18
Therefore, I would that ye should know, that
after the Lord had shown so many marvelous things unto my father, Lehi,
yea, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem,
behold he went forth among the people, and began to prophesy
and to declare unto them concerning the things
which he had both seen and heard.
1 Nephi 1:19
And it came to pass that the Jews did mock him
because of the things which he testified of them;
for he truly testified of their wickedness and their abominations;
and he testified that the things which he saw and heard,
and also the things which he read in the book,
manifested plainly of the coming of a Messiah,
and also the redemption of the world.
1 Nephi 1:20
And when the Jews heard these things they were angry with him;
yea, even as with the prophets of old,
whom they had cast out, and stoned, and slain;
and they also sought his life, that they might take it away.
But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you
that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those
whom he hath chosen, because of their faith,
to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance.
1 Nephi 2:1
For behold, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto my father,
yea, even in a dream, and said unto him:
Blessed art thou Lehi, because of the things which thou hast done;
and because thou hast been faithful
and declared unto this people the things which I commanded thee,
behold, they seek to take away thy life.
1 Nephi 2:2
And it came to pass that the Lord commanded my father, even in a dream,
that he should take his family and depart into the wilderness.
1 Nephi 2:3
And it came to pass that he was obedient unto the word of the Lord,
wherefore he did as the Lord commanded him.
1 Nephi 2:4
And it came to pass that he departed into the wilderness.
And he left his house, and the land of his inheritance,
and his gold, and his silver, and his precious things,
and took nothing with him, save it were his family, and provisions, and tents,
and departed into the wilderness.
1 Nephi 2:6
And it came to pass that when he had traveled three days in the wilderness,
he pitched his tent in a valley by the side of a river of water.
1 Nephi 2:7
And it came to pass that he built an altar of stones,
and made an offering unto the Lord, and gave thanks unto the Lord our God.
1 Nephi 2:8
And it came to pass that he called the name of the river, Laman,
and it emptied into the Red Sea;
and the valley was in the borders near the mouth thereof.
1 Nephi 2:9
And when my father saw that the waters of the river
emptied into the fountain of the Red Sea,
he spake unto Laman, saying:
O that thou mightest be like unto this river,
continually running into the fountain of all righteousness!
1 Nephi 2:10
And he also spake unto Lemuel:
O that thou mightest be like unto this valley,
firm and steadfast, and immovable in keeping the commandments of the Lord!
1 Nephi 2:12
And thus Laman and Lemuel, being the eldest,
did murmur against their father.
And they did murmur because they knew not
the dealings of that God who had created them.
1 Nephi 2:13
Neither did they believe that Jerusalem, that great city,
could be destroyed according to the words of the prophets.
And they were like unto the Jews who were at Jerusalem,
who sought to take away the life of my father.
1 Nephi 2:14
And it came to pass that my father did speak unto them
in the valley of Lemuel, with power, being filled with the Spirit,
until their frames did shake before him.
And he did confound them, that they durst not utter against him;
wherefore, they did as he commanded them.
1 Nephi 2:16
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, being exceedingly young,
nevertheless being large in stature,
and also having great desires to know of the mysteries of God,
wherefore, I did cry unto the Lord;
and behold he did visit me, and did soften my heart
that I did believe all the words which had been spoken by my father;
wherefore, I did not rebel against him like unto my brothers.
1 Nephi 2:17
And I spake unto Sam, making known unto him the things
which the Lord had manifested unto me by his Holy Spirit.
And it came to pass that he believed in my words.
1 Nephi 2:19
And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying:
Blessed art thou, Nephi, because of thy faith,
for thou hast sought me diligently, with lowliness of heart.
1 Nephi 2:23
For behold, in that day that they shall rebel against me,
I will curse them even with a sore curse,
and they shall have no power over thy seed
except they shall rebel against me also.
1 Nephi 2:24
And if it so be that they rebel against me,
they shall be a scourge unto thy seed,
to stir them up in the ways of remembrance.
1 Nephi 3:1
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, returned
from speaking with the Lord, to the tent of my father.
1 Nephi 3:2
And it came to pass that he spake unto me, saying:
Behold I have dreamed a dream,
in the which the Lord hath commanded me
that thou and thy brethren shall return to Jerusalem.
1 Nephi 3:4
Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me
that thou and thy brothers should go unto the house of Laban,
and seek the records, and bring them down hither into the wilderness.
1 Nephi 3:7
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father:
I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded,
for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men,
save he shall prepare a way for them
that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.
1 Nephi 3:8
And it came to pass that when my father had heard these words
he was exceedingly glad,
for he knew that I had been blessed of the Lord.
1 Nephi 3:10
And it came to pass that when we had gone up to the land of Jerusalem,
I and my brethren did consult one with another.
1 Nephi 3:11
And we cast lots — who of us should go in unto the house of Laban.
And it came to pass that the lot fell upon Laman;
and Laman went in unto the house of Laban,
and he talked with him as he sat in his house.
1 Nephi 3:13
And behold, it came to pass that Laban was angry,
and thrust him out from his presence;
and he would not that he should have the records.
Wherefore, he said unto him:
Behold thou art a robber, and I will slay thee.
1 Nephi 3:15
But behold I said unto them that:
As the Lord liveth, and as we live,
we will not go down unto our father in the wilderness
until we have accomplished the thing which the Lord hath commanded us.
1 Nephi 3:17
For he knew that Jerusalem must be destroyed,
because of the wickedness of the people.
1 Nephi 3:18
For behold, they have rejected the words of the prophets.
Wherefore, if my father should dwell in the land
after he hath been commanded to flee out of the land,
behold, he would also perish.
Wherefore, it must needs be that he flee out of the land.
1 Nephi 3:19
And behold, it is wisdom in God that we should obtain these records,
that we may preserve unto our children the language of our fathers;
1 Nephi 3:20
And also that we may preserve unto them the words
which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets,
which have been delivered unto them by the Spirit and power of God,
since the world began, even down unto this present time.
1 Nephi 3:21
And it came to pass that after this manner of language
did I persuade my brethren, that they might be faithful
in keeping the commandments of God.
1 Nephi 3:22
And it came to pass that we went down to the land of our inheritance,
and we did gather together our gold, and our silver, and our precious things.
1 Nephi 3:24
And it came to pass that we went in unto Laban, and desired him
that he would give unto us the records
which were engraven upon the plates of brass,
for which we would give unto him
our gold, and our silver, and all our precious things.
1 Nephi 3:25
And it came to pass that
when Laban saw our property, and that it was exceedingly great,
he did lust after it,
insomuch that he thrust us out, and sent his servants to slay us,
that he might obtain our property.
1 Nephi 3:26
And it came to pass that we did flee before the servants of Laban,
and we were obliged to leave behind our property,
and it fell into the hands of Laban.
1 Nephi 3:27
And it came to pass that we fled into the wilderness,
and the servants of Laban did not overtake us,
and we hid ourselves in the cavity of a rock.
1 Nephi 3:28
And it came to pass that Laman was angry with me, and also with my father;
and also was Lemuel, for he hearkened unto the words of Laman.
Wherefore Laman and Lemuel did speak many hard words
unto us, their younger brothers,
and they did smite us even with a rod.
1 Nephi 3:29
And it came to pass as they smote us with a rod,
behold, an angel of the Lord came and stood before them,
and he spake unto them, saying:
Why do ye smite your younger brother with a rod?
Know ye not that the Lord hath chosen him to be a ruler over you,
and this because of your iniquities?
Behold ye shall go up to Jerusalem again,
and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands.
1 Nephi 3:31
And after the angel had departed,
Laman and Lemuel again began to murmur, saying:
How is it possible that the Lord will deliver Laban into our hands?
Behold, he is a mighty man, and he can command fifty,
yea, even he can slay fifty; then why not us?
1 Nephi 4:1
And it came to pass that I spake unto my brethren, saying:
Let us go up again unto Jerusalem,
and let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord;
for behold he is mightier than all the earth,
then why not mightier than Laban and his fifty,
yea, or even than his tens of thousands?
1 Nephi 4:3
Now behold ye know that this is true;
and ye also know that an angel hath spoken unto you;
wherefore can ye doubt?
Let us go up;
the Lord is able to deliver us, even as our fathers,
and to destroy Laban, even as the Egyptians.
1 Nephi 4:5
And it was by night;
and I caused that they should hide themselves without the walls.
And after they had hid themselves,
I, Nephi, crept into the city and went forth towards the house of Laban.
1 Nephi 4:8
And when I came to him I found that it was Laban.
1 Nephi 4:9
And I beheld his sword, and I drew it forth from the sheath thereof;
and the hilt thereof was of pure gold,
and the workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine,
and I saw that the blade thereof was of the most precious steel.
1 Nephi 4:10
And it came to pass that
I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban;
but I said in my heart:
Never at any time have I shed the blood of man.
And I shrunk and would that I might not slay him.
1 Nephi 4:11
And the Spirit said unto me again:
Behold the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands.
Yea, and I also knew that he had sought to take away mine own life;
yea, and he would not hearken unto the commandments of the Lord;
and he also had taken away our property.
1 Nephi 4:12
And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me again:
Slay him, for the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands;
1 Nephi 4:13
Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes.
It is better that one man should perish
than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief.
1 Nephi 4:14
And now, when I, Nephi, had heard these words,
I remembered the words of the Lord
which he spake unto me in the wilderness,
saying that: Inasmuch as thy seed shall keep my commandments,
they shall prosper in the land of promise.
1 Nephi 4:15
Yea, and I also thought that they could not keep the commandments of the Lord
according to the law of Moses, save they should have the law.
1 Nephi 4:16
And I also knew that the law was engraven upon the plates of brass.
1 Nephi 4:17
And again, I knew that the Lord had delivered Laban into my hands for this cause —
that I might obtain the records according to his commandments.
1 Nephi 4:20
And after I had done this, I went forth unto the treasury of Laban.
And as I went forth towards the treasury of Laban,
behold, I saw the servant of Laban who had the keys of the treasury.
And I commanded him in the voice of Laban,
that he should go with me into the treasury.
1 Nephi 4:22
And he spake unto me concerning the elders of the Jews,
he knowing that his master, Laban, had been out by night among them.
1 Nephi 4:24
And I also spake unto him that I should carry the engravings,
which were upon the plates of brass,
to my elder brethren, who were without the walls.
1 Nephi 4:25
And I also bade him that he should follow me.
1 Nephi 4:26
And he, supposing that I spake of the brethren of the church,
and that I was truly that Laban whom I had slain, wherefore he did follow me.
1 Nephi 4:28
And it came to pass that when Laman saw me
he was exceedingly frightened, and also Lemuel and Sam.
And they fled from before my presence;
for they supposed it was Laban,
and that he had slain me and had sought to take away their lives also.
1 Nephi 4:29
And it came to pass that I called after them, and they did hear me;
wherefore they did cease to flee from my presence.
1 Nephi 4:30
And it came to pass that when the servant of Laban beheld my brethren
he began to tremble, and was about to flee from before me
and return to the city of Jerusalem.
1 Nephi 4:31
And now I, Nephi, being a man large in stature,
and also having received much strength of the Lord,
therefore I did seize upon the servant of Laban,
and held him, that he should not flee.
1 Nephi 4:32
And it came to pass that I spake with him,
that if he would hearken unto my words,
as the Lord liveth, and as I live,
even so that if he would hearken unto our words, we would spare his life.
1 Nephi 4:33
And I spake unto him, even with an oath, that he need not fear;
that he should be a free man like unto us
if he would go down in the wilderness with us.
1 Nephi 4:35
And it came to pass that Zoram did take courage at the words which I spake.
Now Zoram was the name of the servant;
and he promised that he would go down into the wilderness unto our father.
Yea, and he also made an oath unto us
that he would tarry with us from that time forth.
1 Nephi 4:36
Now we were desirous that he should tarry with us for this cause,
that the Jews might not know concerning our flight into the wilderness,
lest they should pursue us and destroy us.
1 Nephi 4:37
And it came to pass that when Zoram had made an oath unto us,
our fears did cease concerning him.
1 Nephi 4:38
And it came to pass that we took the plates of brass and the servant of Laban,
and departed into the wilderness, and journeyed unto the tent of our father.
1 Nephi 5:1
And it came to pass that after we had come down
into the wilderness unto our father,
behold, he was filled with joy,
and also my mother, Sariah, was exceedingly glad,
for she truly had mourned because of us.
1 Nephi 5:2
For she had supposed that we had perished in the wilderness;
and she also had complained against my father,
telling him that he was a visionary man; saying:
Behold thou hast led us forth from the land of our inheritance,
and my sons are no more, and we perish in the wilderness.
1 Nephi 5:4
And it had come to pass that my father spake unto her, saying:
I know that I am a visionary man;
for if I had not seen the things of God in a vision
I should not have known the goodness of God,
but had tarried at Jerusalem, and had perished with my brethren.
1 Nephi 5:5
But behold, I have obtained a land of promise, in the which things I do rejoice;
yea, and I know that the Lord will deliver my sons out of the hands of Laban,
and bring them down again unto us in the wilderness.
1 Nephi 5:8
And she spake, saying:
Now I know of a surety that the Lord hath commanded
my husband to flee into the wilderness;
yea, and I also know of a surety
that the Lord hath protected my sons,
and delivered them out of the hands of Laban,
and given them power whereby they could accomplish the thing
which the Lord hath commanded them.
And after this manner of language did she speak.
1 Nephi 5:9
And it came to pass that they did rejoice exceedingly,
and did offer sacrifice and burnt offerings unto the Lord;
and they gave thanks unto the God of Israel.
1 Nephi 5:11
And he beheld that they did contain the five books of Moses,
which gave an account of the creation of the world,
and also of Adam and Eve, who were our first parents;
1 Nephi 5:14
And it came to pass that my father, Lehi, also found
upon the plates of brass a genealogy of his fathers;
wherefore he knew that he was a descendant of Joseph;
yea, even that Joseph who was the son of Jacob,
who was sold into Egypt, and who was preserved by the hand of the Lord,
that he might preserve his father, Jacob, and all his household
from perishing with famine.
1 Nephi 5:15
And they were also led out of captivity and out of the land of Egypt,
by that same God who had preserved them.
1 Nephi 5:18
that these plates of brass should go forth
unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people who were of his seed.
1 Nephi 5:19
Wherefore, he said that these plates of brass should never perish;
neither should they be dimmed any more by time.
And he prophesied many things concerning his seed.
1 Nephi 5:20
And it came to pass that thus far I and my father had kept the commandments
wherewith the Lord had commanded us.
1 Nephi 5:21
And we had obtained the records which the Lord had commanded us,
and searched them and found that they were desirable;
yea, even of great worth unto us,
insomuch that we could preserve the commandments of the Lord unto our children.
1 Nephi 5:22
Wherefore, it was wisdom in the Lord that we should carry them with us,
as we journeyed in the wilderness towards the land of promise.
