Unit 1

behold I

7 occurrences in 7 verses

1 Nephi 1:17, 20,

1 Nephi 3:2, 5, 15,

1 Nephi 4:20,

1 Nephi 5:5

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 1:20

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 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 3:15

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 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 5:5

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.