Unit 1

life

6 occurrences in 6 verses

1 Nephi 1:17, 20,

1 Nephi 2:1, 13,

1 Nephi 4:11, 32

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 1:20

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 2:13

Neither did they believe that Jerusalem, that great city,

could be destroyed according to the words of the prophets.

And they were like unto the Jews who were at Jerusalem,

who sought to take away the life of my father.

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 4:32

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.