Unit 1

the words

7 occurrences in 7 verses



1 Nephi 2:13, 16,

1 Nephi 3:18, 20, 28,

1 Nephi 4:14, 35



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 2:16

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 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 3:20

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 3:28

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 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 4:35

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.