Unit 1

was

40 occurrences in 30 verses



1 Nephi 1:1, 8, 9, 12, 15,

1 Nephi 2:3, 8, 11,

1 Nephi 3:8, 13, 25, 28,

1 Nephi 4:5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 26, 28, 30, 35,

1 Nephi 5:1, 2, 7, 14, 16, 17, 22



1 Nephi 1:1

I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents,

therefore I was taught somewhat in all the learning of my father;

and having seen many afflictions in the course of my days,

nevertheless, having been highly favored of the Lord in all my days;

yea, having had a great knowledge of the goodness and the mysteries of God,

therefore I make a record of my proceedings in my days.



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 1:12

And it came to pass that as he read,

he was filled with the Spirit of the Lord.



1 Nephi 1:15

And after this manner was the language of my father in the praising of his God;

for his soul did rejoice, and his whole heart was filled,

because of the things which he had seen,

yea, which the Lord had shown unto him.



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 2:8

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 2:11

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 3:8

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 3:13

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 3:25

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 3:28

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 4:5

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 4:6

And I was led by the Spirit,

not knowing beforehand the things which I should do.



1 Nephi 4:7

Nevertheless I went forth,

and as I came near unto the house of Laban I beheld a man,

and he had fallen to the earth before me,

for he was drunken with wine.



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 4:16

And I also knew that the law was engraven upon the plates of brass.



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 4:30

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 4:35

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 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 5:7

And when we had returned to the tent of my father,

behold their joy was full, and my mother was comforted.



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 5:16

And thus my father, Lehi, did discover the genealogy of his fathers.

And Laban also was a descendant of Joseph,

wherefore he and his fathers had kept the records.



1 Nephi 5:17

And now when my father saw all these things,

he was filled with the Spirit, and began to prophesy concerning his seed —



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.