Unit 1

had

55 occurrences in 40 verses



1 Nephi 1:1, 7, 14, 15, 18, 20,

1 Nephi 2:6, 11, 12, 16, 17,

1 Nephi 3:8, 10, 14, 23, 30, 31,

1 Nephi 4:4, 5, 7, 11, 14, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28, 37,

1 Nephi 5:1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 15, 16, 20, 21



1 Nephi 1:1

I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents,

therefore I was taught somewhat in all the learning of my father;

and having seen many afflictions in the course of my days,

nevertheless, having been highly favored of the Lord in all my days;

yea, having had a great knowledge of the goodness and the mysteries of God,

therefore I make a record of my proceedings in my days.



1 Nephi 1:7

And it came to pass that he returned to his own house at Jerusalem;

and he cast himself upon his bed,

being overcome with the Spirit and the things which he had seen.



1 Nephi 1:14

And it came to pass that when my father had read

and seen many great and marvelous things,

he did exclaim many things unto the Lord; such as:

Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God Almighty!

Thy throne is high in the heavens,

and thy power, and goodness, and mercy are over all the inhabitants of the earth;

and, because thou art merciful,

thou wilt not suffer those who come unto thee that they shall perish!



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 1:18

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 2:6

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 2:11

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 2:16

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 3:8

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 3:10

And it came to pass that when we had gone up to the land of Jerusalem,

I and my brethren did consult one with another.



1 Nephi 3:14

But Laman fled out of his presence,

and told the things which Laban had done,

unto us.

And we began to be exceedingly sorrowful,

and my brethren were about to return unto my father in the wilderness.



1 Nephi 3:23

And after we had gathered these things together,

we went up again unto the house of Laban.



1 Nephi 3:30

And after the angel had spoken unto us, he departed.



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 4:4

Now when I had spoken these words,

they were yet wroth, and did still continue to murmur;

nevertheless they did follow me up

until we came without the walls of Jerusalem.



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 4:7

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 4:11

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 4:14

And now, when I, Nephi, had heard these words,

I remembered the words of the Lord

which he spake unto me in the wilderness,

saying that: Inasmuch as thy seed shall keep my commandments,

they shall prosper in the land of promise.



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 4:19

And after I had smitten off his head with his own sword,

I took the garments of Laban and put them

upon mine own body; yea, even every whit;

and I did gird on his armor about my loins.



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 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 4:23

And I spake unto him as if it had been Laban.



1 Nephi 4:26

And he, supposing that I spake of the brethren of the church,

and that I was truly that Laban whom I had slain, wherefore he did follow me.



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 4:37

And it came to pass that when Zoram had made an oath unto us,

our fears did cease concerning him.



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 5:3

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



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.



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.



1 Nephi 5:10

And after they had given thanks unto the God of Israel,

my father, Lehi, took the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass,

and he did search them from the beginning.



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 5:16

And thus my father, Lehi, did discover the genealogy of his fathers.

And Laban also was a descendant of Joseph,

wherefore he and his fathers had kept the records.



1 Nephi 5:20

And it came to pass that thus far I and my father had kept the commandments

wherewith the Lord had commanded us.



1 Nephi 5:21

And we had obtained the records which the Lord had commanded us,

and searched them and found that they were desirable;

yea, even of great worth unto us,

insomuch that we could preserve the commandments of the Lord unto our children.