Unit 11
words
6 occurrences in 6 verses
2 Nephi 5:3, 4, 6, 19, 20, 25
2 Nephi 5:3
Yea, they did murmur against me, saying:
Our younger brother thinks to rule over us;
and we have had much trial because of him;
wherefore, now let us slay him,
that we may not be afflicted more because of his words.
For behold, we will not have him to be our ruler;
for it belongs unto us, who are the elder brethren, to rule over this people.
2 Nephi 5:4
Now I do not write upon these plates all the words
which they murmured against me.
But it sufficeth me to say, that they did seek to take away my life.
2 Nephi 5:6
Wherefore, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did take my family,
and also Zoram and his family,
and Sam, mine elder brother and his family,
and Jacob and Joseph, my younger brethren,
and also my sisters,
and all those who would go with me.
And all those who would go with me were those
who believed in the warnings and the revelations of God;
wherefore, they did hearken unto my words.
2 Nephi 5:19
And behold, the words of the Lord had been fulfilled unto my brethren,
which he spake concerning them, that I should be their ruler and their teacher.
Wherefore, I had been their ruler and their teacher,
according to the commandments of the Lord,
until the time they sought to take away my life.
2 Nephi 5:20
Wherefore, the word of the Lord was fulfilled
which he spake unto me,
saying that: Inasmuch as they will not hearken unto thy words
they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord.
And behold, they were cut off from his presence.
2 Nephi 5:25
And the Lord God said unto me:
They shall be a scourge unto thy seed, to stir them up in remembrance of me;
and inasmuch as they will not remember me, and hearken unto my words,
they shall scourge them even unto destruction.