Unit 1
wherefore
19 occurrences in 17 verses
1 Nephi 1:5, 17,
1 Nephi 2:3, 14, 16,
1 Nephi 3:4, 13, 16, 18, 28,
1 Nephi 4:3, 26, 29,
1 Nephi 5:14, 16, 19, 22
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 1:17
But I shall make an account of my proceedings in my days.
Behold, I make an abridgment of the record of my father,
upon plates which I have made with mine own hands;
wherefore, after I have abridged the record of my father
then will I make an account of mine own life.
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 2:14
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 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 3:13
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 3:16
wherefore, let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord;
therefore let us go down to the land of our father's inheritance,
for behold he left gold and silver, and all manner of riches.
And all this he hath done because of the commandments of the Lord.
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 3:28
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 4:3
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 4:26
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 4:29
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 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 5:19
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 5:22
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.
