Unit 1
I
103 occurrences in 55 verses
1 Nephi 1:1, 2, 3, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20,
1 Nephi 2:1, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23,
1 Nephi 3:1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 21,
1 Nephi 4:1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35,
1 Nephi 5:4, 5, 8, 20
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 1:2
Yea, I make a record in the language of my father,
which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians.
1 Nephi 1:3
And I know that the record which I make is true;
and I make it with mine own hand;
and I make it according to my knowledge.
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 1:16
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 1:17
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 1:18
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 2:1
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 2:16
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 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 2:20
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 3:1
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, returned
from speaking with the Lord, to the tent of my father.
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 3:7
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 3:9
And I, Nephi, and my brethren took our journey in the wilderness, with our tents,
to go up to the land of Jerusalem.
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 3:13
And behold, it came to pass that Laban was angry,
and thrust him out from his presence;
and he would not that he should have the records.
Wherefore, he said unto him:
Behold thou art a robber, and I will slay thee.
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 3:21
And it came to pass that after this manner of language
did I persuade my brethren, that they might be faithful
in keeping the commandments of God.
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 4:4
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 4:6
And I was led by the Spirit,
not knowing beforehand the things which I should do.
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 4:8
And when I came to him I found that it was Laban.
1 Nephi 4:9
And I beheld his sword, and I drew it forth from the sheath thereof;
and the hilt thereof was of pure gold,
and the workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine,
and I saw that the blade thereof was of the most precious steel.
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 4:11
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 4:15
Yea, and I also thought that they could not keep the commandments of the Lord
according to the law of Moses, save they should have the law.
1 Nephi 4:16
And I also knew that the law was engraven upon the plates of brass.
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 4:18
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 4:19
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 4:23
And I spake unto him as if it had been Laban.
1 Nephi 4:24
And I also spake unto him that I should carry the engravings,
which were upon the plates of brass,
to my elder brethren, who were without the walls.
1 Nephi 4:25
And I also bade him that he should follow me.
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 4:27
And he spake unto me many times concerning the elders of the Jews,
as I went forth unto my brethren, who were without the walls.
1 Nephi 4:29
And it came to pass that I called after them, and they did hear me;
wherefore they did cease to flee from my presence.
1 Nephi 4:31
And now I, Nephi, being a man large in stature,
and also having received much strength of the Lord,
therefore I did seize upon the servant of Laban,
and held him, that he should not flee.
1 Nephi 4:32
And it came to pass that I spake with him,
that if he would hearken unto my words,
as the Lord liveth, and as I live,
even so that if he would hearken unto our words, we would spare his life.
1 Nephi 4:33
And I spake unto him, even with an oath, that he need not fear;
that he should be a free man like unto us
if he would go down in the wilderness with us.
1 Nephi 4:34
And I also spake unto him, saying:
Surely the Lord hath commanded us to do this thing;
and shall we not be diligent in keeping the commandments of the Lord?
Therefore, if thou wilt go down into the wilderness to my father
thou shalt have place with us.
1 Nephi 4:35
And it came to pass that Zoram did take courage at the words which I spake.
Now Zoram was the name of the servant;
and he promised that he would go down into the wilderness unto our father.
Yea, and he also made an oath unto us
that he would tarry with us from that time forth.
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 5:5
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.
1 Nephi 5:8
And she spake, saying:
Now I know of a surety that the Lord hath commanded
my husband to flee into the wilderness;
yea, and I also know of a surety
that the Lord hath protected my sons,
and delivered them out of the hands of Laban,
and given them power whereby they could accomplish the thing
which the Lord hath commanded them.
And after this manner of language did she speak.
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.
