Unit 1
behold
32 occurrences in 27 verses
1 Nephi 1:17, 18, 20,
1 Nephi 2:1, 11, 16, 18, 23,
1 Nephi 3:2, 3, 5, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 29, 31,
1 Nephi 4:1, 3, 11, 13, 20,
1 Nephi 5:1, 2, 5, 7
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 1:20
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 2:1
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 2:11
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 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 2:18
But, behold, Laman and Lemuel would not hearken unto my words;
and being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts
I cried unto the Lord for them.
1 Nephi 2:23
For behold, in that day that they shall rebel against me,
I will curse them even with a sore curse,
and they shall have no power over thy seed
except they shall rebel against me also.
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 3:3
For behold, Laban hath the record of the Jews
and also a genealogy of my forefathers,
and they are engraven upon plates of brass.
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 3:13
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 3:15
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 3:16
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 3:19
And behold, it is wisdom in God that we should obtain these records,
that we may preserve unto our children the language of our fathers;
1 Nephi 3:29
And it came to pass as they smote us with a rod,
behold, an angel of the Lord came and stood before them,
and he spake unto them, saying:
Why do ye smite your younger brother with a rod?
Know ye not that the Lord hath chosen him to be a ruler over you,
and this because of your iniquities?
behold ye shall go up to Jerusalem again,
and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands.
1 Nephi 3:31
And after the angel had departed,
Laman and Lemuel again began to murmur, saying:
How is it possible that the Lord will deliver Laban into our hands?
behold, he is a mighty man, and he can command fifty,
yea, even he can slay fifty; then why not us?
1 Nephi 4:1
And it came to pass that I spake unto my brethren, saying:
Let us go up again unto Jerusalem,
and let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord;
for behold he is mightier than all the earth,
then why not mightier than Laban and his fifty,
yea, or even than his tens of thousands?
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 4:11
And the Spirit said unto me again:
behold the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands.
Yea, and I also knew that he had sought to take away mine own life;
yea, and he would not hearken unto the commandments of the Lord;
and he also had taken away our property.
1 Nephi 4:13
behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes.
It is better that one man should perish
than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief.
1 Nephi 4:20
And after I had done this, I went forth unto the treasury of Laban.
And as I went forth towards the treasury of Laban,
behold, I saw the servant of Laban who had the keys of the treasury.
And I commanded him in the voice of Laban,
that he should go with me into the treasury.
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 5:5
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 5:7
And when we had returned to the tent of my father,
behold their joy was full, and my mother was comforted.
