Unit 14

wherefore

14 occurrences in 12 verses

2 Nephi 10:2, 3, 6, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25

2 Nephi 10:2

For behold, the promises which we have obtained

are promises unto us according to the flesh;

wherefore, as it has been shown unto me

that many of our children shall perish in the flesh because of unbelief,

nevertheless, God will be merciful unto many;

and our children shall be restored,

that they may come to that which will give them

the true knowledge of their Redeemer.

2 Nephi 10:3

wherefore, as I said unto you,

it must needs be expedient that Christ —

for in the last night the angel spake unto me

that this should be his name —

should come among the Jews,

among those who are the more wicked part of the world;

and they shall crucify him —

for thus it behooveth our God,

and there is none other nation on earth

that would crucify their God.

2 Nephi 10:6

wherefore, because of their iniquities,

destructions, famines, pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them;

and they who shall not be destroyed shall be scattered among all nations.

2 Nephi 10:9

Yea, the kings of the Gentiles shall be nursing fathers unto them,

and their queens shall become nursing mothers;

wherefore, the promises of the Lord are great unto the Gentiles,

for he hath spoken it, and who can dispute?

2 Nephi 10:15

wherefore, for this cause, that my covenants may be fulfilled

which I have made unto the children of men,

that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh,

I must needs destroy the secret works of darkness,

and of murders, and of abominations.

2 Nephi 10:16

wherefore, he that fighteth against Zion,

both Jew and Gentile, both bond and free, both male and female, shall perish;

for they are they who are the whore of all the earth;

for they who are not for me are against me, saith our God.

2 Nephi 10:18

wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God:

I will afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles;

nevertheless, I will soften the hearts of the Gentiles,

that they shall be like unto a father to them;

wherefore, the Gentiles shall be blessed and numbered among the house of Israel.

2 Nephi 10:19

wherefore, I will consecrate this land unto thy seed,

and them who shall be numbered among thy seed,

forever, for the land of their inheritance;

for it is a choice land, saith God unto me,

above all other lands,

wherefore I will have all men that dwell thereon

that they shall worship me, saith God.

2 Nephi 10:21

But great are the promises of the Lord unto them

who are upon the isles of the sea;

wherefore as it says isles, there must needs be more than this,

and they are inhabited also by our brethren.

2 Nephi 10:22

For behold, the Lord God has led away from time to time

from the house of Israel, according to his will and pleasure.

And now behold, the Lord remembereth all them who have been broken off,

wherefore he remembereth us also.

2 Nephi 10:24

wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to the will of God,

and not to the will of the devil and the flesh;

and remember, after ye are reconciled unto God,

that it is only in and through the grace of God that ye are saved.

2 Nephi 10:25

wherefore, may God raise you from death by the power of the resurrection,

and also from everlasting death by the power of the atonement,

that ye may be received into the eternal kingdom of God,

that ye may praise him through grace divine.

Amen.