Unit 12

behold

15 occurrences in 14 verses

2 Nephi 6:2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14,

2 Nephi 7:1, 2, 9, 11,

2 Nephi 8:12, 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 6:4

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 6:8

And now I, Jacob, would speak somewhat concerning these words.

For behold, the Lord has shown me

that those who were at Jerusalem, from whence we came,

have been slain and carried away captive.

2 Nephi 6:10

And after they have hardened their hearts

and stiffened their necks against the Holy One of Israel,

behold, the judgments of the Holy One of Israel shall come upon them.

And the day cometh that they shall be smitten and afflicted.

2 Nephi 6:12

And blessed are the Gentiles,

they of whom the prophet has written;

for behold, if it so be that they shall repent and fight not against Zion,

and do not unite themselves to that great and abominable church,

they shall be saved;

for the Lord God will fulfil his covenants

which he has made unto his children;

and for this cause the prophet has written these things.

2 Nephi 6:14

And behold, according to the words of the prophet,

the Messiah will set himself again the second time to recover them;

wherefore, he will manifest himself unto them in power and great glory,

unto the destruction of their enemies,

when that day cometh when they shall believe in him;

and none will he destroy that believe in him.

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 7:9

For the Lord God will help me.

And all they who shall condemn me,

behold, all they shall wax old as a garment,

and the moth shall eat them up.

2 Nephi 7:11

behold all ye that kindle fire,

that compass yourselves about with sparks,

walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks which ye have kindled.

This shall ye have of mine hand —

ye shall lie down in sorrow.

2 Nephi 8:12

I am he; yea, I am he that comforteth you.

behold, who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of man, who shall die,

and of the son of man, who shall be made like unto grass?

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.