Unit 1

they were

5 occurrences in 5 verses

1 Nephi 1:20,

1 Nephi 2:13,

1 Nephi 4:4,

1 Nephi 5:15, 21

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 2:13

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 4:4

Now when I had spoken these words,

they were yet wroth, and did still continue to murmur;

nevertheless they did follow me up

until we came without the walls of Jerusalem.

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 5:21

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.