Unit 10

because

12 occurrences in 9 verses

2 Nephi 4:7, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 29, 32

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 4:13

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 4:17

Nevertheless, notwithstanding the great goodness of the Lord,

in showing me his great and marvelous works,

my heart exclaimeth:

O wretched man that I am!

Yea, my heart sorroweth because of my flesh;

my soul grieveth because of mine iniquities.

2 Nephi 4:18

I am encompassed about,

because of the temptations and the sins which do so easily beset me.

2 Nephi 4:19

And when I desire to rejoice,

my heart groaneth because of my sins;

nevertheless, I know in whom I have trusted.

2 Nephi 4:26

O then, if I have seen so great things,

if the Lord in his condescension unto the children of men

hath visited men in so much mercy,

why should my heart weep

and my soul linger in the valley of sorrow,

and my flesh waste away,

and my strength slacken, because of mine afflictions?

2 Nephi 4:27

And why should I yield to sin, because of my flesh?

Yea, why should I give way to temptations,

that the evil one have place in my heart

to destroy my peace and afflict my soul?

Why am I angry because of mine enemy?

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!