Unit 1

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16 occurrences in 15 verses



1 Nephi 1:13,

1 Nephi 2:5, 6, 16, 17,

1 Nephi 3:20,

1 Nephi 4:5, 6, 10, 18, 22,

1 Nephi 5:13, 14, 15, 19



1 Nephi 1:13

And he read, saying: Wo, wo, unto Jerusalem,

for I have seen thine abominations!

Yea, and many things did my father read concerning Jerusalem —

that it should be destroyed, and the inhabitants thereof;

many should perish by the sword,

and many should be carried away captive into Babylon.



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 2:6

And it came to pass that when he had traveled three days in the wilderness,

he pitched his tent in a valley by the side of a river of water.



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 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 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 4:10

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 4:18

Therefore I did obey the voice of the Spirit,

and took Laban by the hair of the head,

and I smote off his head with his own sword.



1 Nephi 4:22

And he spake unto me concerning the elders of the Jews,

he knowing that his master, Laban, had been out by night among them.



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 5:14

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 5:15

And they were also led out of captivity and out of the land of Egypt,

by that same God who had preserved them.



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.