Unit 1

which

45 occurrences in 32 verses



1 Nephi 1:2, 3, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,

1 Nephi 2:1, 5, 16, 17, 20,

1 Nephi 3:2, 5, 7, 12, 14, 15, 20, 24,

1 Nephi 4:6, 14, 24, 35,

1 Nephi 5:5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 21



1 Nephi 1:2

Yea, I make a record in the language of my father,

which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians.



1 Nephi 1:3

And I know that the record which I make is true;

and I make it with mine own hand;

and I make it according to my knowledge.



1 Nephi 1:6

And it came to pass as he prayed unto the Lord,

there came a pillar of fire and dwelt upon a rock before him;

and he saw and heard much;

and because of the things which he saw and heard

he did quake and tremble exceedingly.



1 Nephi 1:7

And it came to pass that he returned to his own house at Jerusalem;

and he cast himself upon his bed,

being overcome with the Spirit and the things which he had seen.



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 1:16

And now I, Nephi, do not make a full account of the things

which my father hath written,

for he hath written many things which he saw in visions and in dreams;

and he also hath written many things

which he prophesied and spake unto his children,

of which I shall not make a full account.



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 1:18

Therefore, I would that ye should know, that

after the Lord had shown so many marvelous things unto my father, Lehi,

yea, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem,

behold he went forth among the people, and began to prophesy

and to declare unto them concerning the things

which he had both seen and heard.



1 Nephi 1:19

And it came to pass that the Jews did mock him

because of the things which he testified of them;

for he truly testified of their wickedness and their abominations;

and he testified that the things which he saw and heard,

and also the things which he read in the book,

manifested plainly of the coming of a Messiah,

and also the redemption of the world.



1 Nephi 2:1

For behold, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto my father,

yea, even in a dream, and said unto him:

Blessed art thou Lehi, because of the things which thou hast done;

and because thou hast been faithful

and declared unto this people the things which I commanded thee,

behold, they seek to take away thy life.



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 2:16

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 2:17

And I spake unto Sam, making known unto him the things

which the Lord had manifested unto me by his Holy Spirit.

And it came to pass that he believed in my words.



1 Nephi 2:20

And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments,

ye shall prosper, and shall be led to a land of promise;

yea, even a land which I have prepared for you;

yea, a land which is choice above all other lands.



1 Nephi 3:2

And it came to pass that he spake unto me, saying:

Behold I have dreamed a dream,

in the which the Lord hath commanded me

that thou and thy brethren shall return to Jerusalem.



1 Nephi 3:5

And now, behold thy brothers murmur,

saying it is a hard thing which I have required of them;

but behold I have not required it of them,

but it is a commandment of the Lord.



1 Nephi 3:7

And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father:

I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded,

for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men,

save he shall prepare a way for them

that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.



1 Nephi 3:12

And he desired of Laban the records

which were engraven upon the plates of brass,

which contained the genealogy of my father.



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 3:20

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 3:24

And it came to pass that we went in unto Laban, and desired him

that he would give unto us the records

which were engraven upon the plates of brass,

for which we would give unto him

our gold, and our silver, and all our precious things.



1 Nephi 4:6

And I was led by the Spirit,

not knowing beforehand the things which I should do.



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 4:24

And I also spake unto him that I should carry the engravings,

which were upon the plates of brass,

to my elder brethren, who were without the walls.



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 5:5

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 5:8

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 5:10

And after they had given thanks unto the God of Israel,

my father, Lehi, took the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass,

and he did search them from the beginning.



1 Nephi 5:11

And he beheld that they did contain the five books of Moses,

which gave an account of the creation of the world,

and also of Adam and Eve, who were our first parents;



1 Nephi 5:13

And also the prophecies of the holy prophets, from the beginning,

even down to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah;

and also many prophecies which have been spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah.



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.