Unit 1

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25 occurrences in 23 verses



1 Nephi 1:14, 16,

1 Nephi 2:12, 14, 16, 18,

1 Nephi 3:5, 6, 13, 15, 27, 29, 31,

1 Nephi 4:1, 6, 10, 11, 15, 31, 33, 34, 36,

1 Nephi 5:4



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 1:16

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 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 2:14

And it came to pass that my father did speak unto them

in the valley of Lemuel, with power, being filled with the Spirit,

until their frames did shake before him.

And he did confound them, that they durst not utter against him;

wherefore, they did as he commanded 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 2:18

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 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 3:6

Therefore go, my son,

and thou shalt be favored of the Lord,

because thou hast not murmured.



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 3:27

And it came to pass that we fled into the wilderness,

and the servants of Laban did not overtake us,

and we hid ourselves in the cavity of a rock.



1 Nephi 3:29

And it came to pass as they smote us with a rod,

behold, an angel of the Lord came and stood before them,

and he spake unto them, saying:

Why do ye smite your younger brother with a rod?

Know ye not that the Lord hath chosen him to be a ruler over you,

and this because of your iniquities?

Behold ye shall go up to Jerusalem again,

and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands.



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 4:1

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 4:6

And I was led by the Spirit,

not knowing beforehand the things which I should do.



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 4:15

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 4:31

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 4:33

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 4:36

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 5:4

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.