Unit 1
the wilderness
25 occurrences in 22 verses
1 Nephi 2:2, 4, 5, 6, 11,
1 Nephi 3:4, 9, 14, 15, 27,
1 Nephi 4:14, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38,
1 Nephi 5:1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 22
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 2:4
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 2:5
And he came down by the borders near the shore of the Red Sea;
and he traveled in the wilderness in the borders which are nearer the Red Sea;
and he did travel in the wilderness with his family,
which consisted of my mother, Sariah, and my elder brothers,
who were Laman, Lemuel, and Sam.
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 2:11
Now this he spake because of the stiffneckedness of Laman and Lemuel;
for behold they did murmur in many things against their father,
because he was a visionary man,
and had led them out of the land of Jerusalem,
to leave the land of their inheritance,
and their gold, and their silver, and their precious things,
to perish in the wilderness.
And this they said he had done
because of the foolish imaginations of his heart.
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 3:9
And I, Nephi, and my brethren took our journey in the wilderness, with our tents,
to go up to the land of Jerusalem.
1 Nephi 3:14
But Laman fled out of his presence,
and told the things which Laban had done,
unto us.
And we began to be exceedingly sorrowful,
and my brethren were about to return unto my father in the wilderness.
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 3:27
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 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 4:33
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 4:34
And I also spake unto him, saying:
Surely the Lord hath commanded us to do this thing;
and shall we not be diligent in keeping the commandments of the Lord?
Therefore, if thou wilt go down into the wilderness to my father
thou shalt have place 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 4:38
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 5:5
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 5:6
And after this manner of language
did my father, Lehi, comfort my mother, Sariah, concerning us,
while we journeyed in the wilderness up to the land of Jerusalem,
to obtain the record of the Jews.
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 5:22
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.
