Unit 1
saying
13 occurrences in 13 verses
1 Nephi 1:13,
1 Nephi 2:9, 19,
1 Nephi 3:2, 5, 29, 31,
1 Nephi 4:1, 14, 34,
1 Nephi 5:2, 4, 8
1 Nephi 1:13
And he read, saying: Wo, wo, unto Jerusalem,
for I have seen thine abominations!
Yea, and many things did my father read concerning Jerusalem —
that it should be destroyed, and the inhabitants thereof;
many should perish by the sword,
and many should be carried away captive into Babylon.
1 Nephi 2:9
And when my father saw that the waters of the river
emptied into the fountain of the Red Sea,
he spake unto Laman, saying:
O that thou mightest be like unto this river,
continually running into the fountain of all righteousness!
1 Nephi 2:19
And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying:
Blessed art thou, Nephi, because of thy faith,
for thou hast sought me diligently, with lowliness of heart.
1 Nephi 3:2
And it came to pass that he spake unto me, saying:
Behold I have dreamed a dream,
in the which the Lord hath commanded me
that thou and thy brethren shall return to Jerusalem.
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 3:29
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 4:14
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 4:34
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 5:2
For she had supposed that we had perished in the wilderness;
and she also had complained against my father,
telling him that he was a visionary man; saying:
Behold thou hast led us forth from the land of our inheritance,
and my sons are no more, and we perish in the wilderness.
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.
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.
