Unit 1

preserve

4 occurrences in 4 verses

1 Nephi 3:19, 20,

1 Nephi 5:14, 21

1 Nephi 3:19

And behold, it is wisdom in God that we should obtain these records,

that we may preserve unto our children the language of our fathers;

1 Nephi 3:20

And also that we may preserve unto them the words

which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets,

which have been delivered unto them by the Spirit and power of God,

since the world began, even down unto this present time.

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.

1 Nephi 5:21

And we had obtained the records which the Lord had commanded us,

and searched them and found that they were desirable;

yea, even of great worth unto us,

insomuch that we could preserve the commandments of the Lord unto our children.