Unit 1

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11 occurrences in 11 verses



1 Nephi 1:16,

1 Nephi 2:11,

1 Nephi 3:5,

1 Nephi 4:3, 4, 14, 31, 35, 36,

1 Nephi 5:8, 17



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 2:11

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 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 4:3

now behold ye know that this is true;

and ye also know that an angel hath spoken unto you;

wherefore can ye doubt?

Let us go up;

the Lord is able to deliver us, even as our fathers,

and to destroy Laban, even as the Egyptians.



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 4:14

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 4:31

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 4:35

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 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 5:8

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 5:17

And now when my father saw all these things,

he was filled with the Spirit, and began to prophesy concerning his seed —