Unit 1
for
31 occurrences in 30 verses
1 Nephi 1:4, 13, 15, 16, 19,
1 Nephi 2:1, 11, 18, 19, 20, 23,
1 Nephi 3:3, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 24, 28,
1 Nephi 4:1, 2, 7, 12, 17, 21, 28, 36,
1 Nephi 5:1, 2, 4
1 Nephi 1:4
for it came to pass in the commencement of the first year
of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah,
(my father, Lehi, having dwelt at Jerusalem in all his days);
and in that same year there came many prophets, prophesying unto the people
that they must repent, or the great city Jerusalem must be destroyed.
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 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 1:19
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 2:11
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 2:18
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 2:19
And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying:
Blessed art thou, Nephi, because of thy faith,
for thou hast sought me diligently, with lowliness of heart.
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 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 3:3
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 3:7
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 3:8
And it came to pass that when my father had heard these words
he was exceedingly glad,
for he knew that I had been blessed of the Lord.
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 3:17
for he knew that Jerusalem must be destroyed,
because of the wickedness of the people.
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 3:24
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 3:28
And it came to pass that Laman was angry with me, and also with my father;
and also was Lemuel, for he hearkened unto the words of Laman.
Wherefore Laman and Lemuel did speak many hard words
unto us, their younger brothers,
and they did smite us even with a rod.
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 4:2
Therefore let us go up;
let us be strong like unto Moses;
for he truly spake unto the waters of the Red Sea
and they divided hither and thither,
and our fathers came through, out of captivity, on dry ground,
and the armies of Pharaoh did follow
and were drowned in the waters of the Red Sea.
1 Nephi 4:7
Nevertheless I went forth,
and as I came near unto the house of Laban I beheld a man,
and he had fallen to the earth before me,
for he was drunken with wine.
1 Nephi 4:12
And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me again:
Slay him, for the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands;
1 Nephi 4:17
And again, I knew that the Lord had delivered Laban into my hands for this cause —
that I might obtain the records according to his commandments.
1 Nephi 4:21
And he supposed me to be his master, Laban,
for he beheld the garments and also the sword girded about my loins.
1 Nephi 4:28
And it came to pass that when Laman saw me
he was exceedingly frightened, and also Lemuel and Sam.
And they fled from before my presence;
for they supposed it was Laban,
and that he had slain me and had sought to take away their lives also.
1 Nephi 4:36
Now we were desirous that he should tarry with us for this cause,
that the Jews might not know concerning our flight into the wilderness,
lest they should pursue us and destroy us.
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 5:4
And it had come to pass that my father spake unto her, saying:
I know that I am a visionary man;
for if I had not seen the things of God in a vision
I should not have known the goodness of God,
but had tarried at Jerusalem, and had perished with my brethren.
