Unit 16

before

5 occurrences in 4 verses

2 Nephi 17:16,

2 Nephi 18:4,

2 Nephi 19:3, 12

2 Nephi 17:16

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good,

the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

2 Nephi 18:4

For behold, the child shall not have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother,

before the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria

shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

2 Nephi 19:3

Thou hast multiplied the nation, and increased the joy —

they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest,

and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

2 Nephi 19:12

The Syrians before and the Philistines behind;

and they shall devour Israel with open mouth.

For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.