Unit 1

might

7 occurrences in 7 verses

1 Nephi 1:20,

1 Nephi 3:21, 25,

1 Nephi 4:10, 17, 36,

1 Nephi 5:14

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 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 3:25

And it came to pass that

when Laban saw our property, and that it was exceedingly great,

he did lust after it,

insomuch that he thrust us out, and sent his servants to slay us,

that he might obtain our property.

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 4:17

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 4:36

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 5:14

And it came to pass that my father, Lehi, also found

upon the plates of brass a genealogy of his fathers;

wherefore he knew that he was a descendant of Joseph;

yea, even that Joseph who was the son of Jacob,

who was sold into Egypt, and who was preserved by the hand of the Lord,

that he might preserve his father, Jacob, and all his household

from perishing with famine.