Unit 1

against

10 occurrences in 9 verses



1 Nephi 2:11, 12, 14, 16, 21, 23, 24,

1 Nephi 5:2, 3



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 2:12

And thus Laman and Lemuel, being the eldest,

did murmur against their father.

And they did murmur because they knew not

the dealings of that God who had created them.



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 2:21

And inasmuch as thy brethren shall rebel against thee,

they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord.



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 2:24

And if it so be that they rebel against me,

they shall be a scourge unto thy seed,

to stir them up in the ways of remembrance.



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 5:3

And after this manner of language had my mother complained against my father.