Unit 10

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14 occurrences in 12 verses



2 Nephi 4:2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13, 25, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35



2 Nephi 4:2

For behold, he truly prophesied concerning all his seed.

And the prophecies which he wrote,

there are not many greater.

And he prophesied concerning us, and our future generations;

and they are written upon the plates of brass.



2 Nephi 4:4

For the Lord God hath said that:

Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments

ye shall prosper in the land;

and inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments

ye shall be cut off from my presence.



2 Nephi 4:5

But behold, my sons and my daughters,

I cannot go down to my grave save I should leave a blessing upon you;

for behold, I know that if ye are brought up in the way ye should go

ye will not depart from it.



2 Nephi 4:7

Wherefore, because of my blessing

the Lord God will not suffer that ye shall perish;

wherefore, he will be merciful unto you and unto your seed forever.



2 Nephi 4:9

And he spake unto them, saying:

Behold, my sons and my daughters,

who are the sons and the daughters of my second son;

behold I leave unto you the same blessing

which I left unto the sons and daughters of Laman;

wherefore, thou shalt not utterly be destroyed;

but in the end thy seed shall be blessed.



2 Nephi 4:13

And it came to pass that not many days after his death,

Laman and Lemuel and the sons of Ishmael were angry with me

because of the admonitions of the Lord.



2 Nephi 4:25

And upon the wings of his Spirit hath my body been carried

away upon exceedingly high mountains.

And mine eyes have beheld great things,

yea, even too great for man;

therefore I was bidden that I should not write them.



2 Nephi 4:29

Do not anger again because of mine enemies.

Do not slacken my strength because of mine afflictions.



2 Nephi 4:32

May the gates of hell be shut continually before me,

because that my heart is broken and my spirit is contrite!

O Lord, wilt thou not shut the gates of thy righteousness before me,

that I may walk in the path of the low valley,

that I may be strict in the plain road!



2 Nephi 4:33

O Lord, wilt thou encircle me around in the robe of thy righteousness!

O Lord, wilt thou make a way for mine escape before mine enemies!

Wilt thou make my path straight before me!

Wilt thou not place a stumbling block in my way —

but that thou wouldst clear my way before me,

and hedge not up my way, but the ways of mine enemy.



2 Nephi 4:34

O Lord, I have trusted in thee,

and I will trust in thee forever.

I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh;

for I know that cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh.

Yea, cursed is he that putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh his arm.



2 Nephi 4:35

Yea, I know that God will give liberally to him that asketh.

Yea, my God will give me, if I ask not amiss;

therefore I will lift up my voice unto thee;

yea, I will cry unto thee, my God, the rock of my righteousness.

Behold, my voice shall forever ascend up unto thee,

my rock and mine everlasting God.

Amen.