Unit 12

my

27 occurrences in 17 verses

2 Nephi 6:2, 3, 4, 6,

2 Nephi 7:1, 2, 6, 7, 8,

2 Nephi 8:4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 22

2 Nephi 6:2

Behold, my beloved brethren,

I, Jacob, having been called of God,

and ordained after the manner of his holy order,

and having been consecrated by my brother Nephi,

unto whom ye look as a king or a protector,

and on whom ye depend for safety,

behold ye know that I have spoken unto you exceedingly many things.

2 Nephi 6:3

Nevertheless, I speak unto you again;

for I am desirous for the welfare of your souls.

Yea, mine anxiety is great for you;

and ye yourselves know that it ever has been.

For I have exhorted you with all diligence;

and I have taught you the words of my father;

and I have spoken unto you concerning all things

which are written, from the creation of the world.

2 Nephi 6:4

And now, behold, I would speak unto you

concerning things which are, and which are to come;

wherefore, I will read you the words of Isaiah.

And they are the words which my brother has desired

that I should speak unto you.

And I speak unto you for your sakes,

that ye may learn and glorify the name of your God.

2 Nephi 6:6

And now, these are the words:

Thus saith the Lord God:

Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles,

and set up my standard to the people;

and they shall bring thy sons in their arms,

and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

2 Nephi 7:1

Yea, for thus saith the Lord:

Have I put thee away, or have I cast thee off forever?

For thus saith the Lord:

Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement?

To whom have I put thee away,

or to which of my creditors have I sold you?

Yea, to whom have I sold you?

Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves,

and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

2 Nephi 7:2

Wherefore, when I came, there was no man;

when I called, yea, there was none to answer.

O house of Israel, is my hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem,

or have I no power to deliver?

Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea,

I make their rivers a wilderness and their fish to stink

because the waters are dried up, and they die because of thirst.

2 Nephi 7:6

I gave my back to the smiter,

and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair.

I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

2 Nephi 7:7

For the Lord God will help me,

therefore shall I not be confounded.

Therefore have I set my face like a flint,

and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

2 Nephi 7:8

And the Lord is near, and he justifieth me.

Who will contend with me?

Let us stand together.

Who is mine adversary?

Let him come near me,

and I will smite him with the strength of my mouth.

2 Nephi 8:4

Hearken unto me, my people;

and give ear unto me, O my nation;

for a law shall proceed from me,

and I will make my judgment to rest for a light for the people.

2 Nephi 8:5

my righteousness is near;

my salvation is gone forth,

and mine arm shall judge the people.

The isles shall wait upon me,

and on mine arm shall they trust.

2 Nephi 8:6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens,

and look upon the earth beneath;

for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke,

and the earth shall wax old like a garment;

and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner.

But my salvation shall be forever,

and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

2 Nephi 8:7

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness,

the people in whose heart I have written my law,

fear ye not the reproach of men,

neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

2 Nephi 8:8

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment,

and the worm shall eat them like wool.

But my righteousness shall be forever,

and my salvation from generation to generation.

2 Nephi 8:15

But I am the Lord thy God, whose waves roared;

the Lord of Hosts is my name.

2 Nephi 8:16

And I have put my words in thy mouth,

and have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand,

that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth,

and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art my people.

2 Nephi 8:22

Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord

and thy God pleadeth the cause of his people;

behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling,

the dregs of the cup of my fury;

thou shalt no more drink it again.