Unit 18

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71 occurrences in 49 verses

2 Nephi 25:1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29,

2 Nephi 26:3, 5, 10, 11, 13, 17, 19, 22, 27, 30, 33,

2 Nephi 27:6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 31, 35

2 Nephi 25:1

Now I, Nephi, do speak somewhat

concerning the words which I have written,

which have been spoken by the mouth of Isaiah.

For behold, Isaiah spake many things which were hard

for many of my people to understand;

for they know not concerning the manner of prophesying among the Jews.

2 Nephi 25:3

Wherefore, I write unto my people,

unto all those that shall receive hereafter these things which I write,

that they may know the judgments of God,

that they come upon all nations, according to the word which he hath spoken.

2 Nephi 25:4

Wherefore, hearken, O my people, which are of the house of Israel,

and give ear unto my words;

for because the words of Isaiah are not plain unto you,

nevertheless they are plain unto all those that are filled with the spirit of prophecy.

But I give unto you a prophecy, according to the spirit which is in me;

wherefore I shall prophesy according to the plainness

which hath been with me from the time that I came out from Jerusalem with my father;

for behold, my soul delighteth in plainness unto my people, that they may learn.

2 Nephi 25:6

But behold, I, Nephi, have not taught my children after the manner of the Jews;

but behold, I, of myself, have dwelt at Jerusalem,

wherefore I know concerning the regions round about;

and I have made mention unto my children concerning the judgments of God,

which hath come to pass among the Jews,

unto my children,

according to all that which Isaiah hath spoken,

and I do not write them.

2 Nephi 25:7

But behold, I proceed with mine own prophecy, according to my plainness;

in the which I know that no man can err;

nevertheless, in the days that the prophecies of Isaiah shall be fulfilled

men shall know of a surety, at the times when they shall come to pass.

2 Nephi 25:9

And as one generation hath been destroyed among the Jews because of iniquity,

even so have they been destroyed

from generation to generation according to their iniquities;

and never hath any of them been destroyed

save it were foretold them by the prophets of the Lord.

2 Nephi 25:10

Wherefore, it hath been told them concerning the destruction

which should come upon them, immediately after my father left Jerusalem;

nevertheless, they hardened their hearts;

and according to my prophecy they have been destroyed,

save it be those which are carried away captive into Babylon.

2 Nephi 25:11

And now this I speak because of the spirit which is in me.

And notwithstanding they have been carried away

they shall return again, and possess the land of Jerusalem;

wherefore, they shall be restored again to the land of their inheritance.

2 Nephi 25:13

Behold, they will crucify him;

and after he is laid in a sepulchre for the space of three days

he shall rise from the dead, with healing in his wings;

and all those who shall believe on his name shall be saved in the kingdom of God.

Wherefore, my soul delighteth to prophesy concerning him,

for I have seen his day, and my heart doth magnify his holy name.

2 Nephi 25:14

And behold it shall come to pass that

after the Messiah hath risen from the dead,

and hath manifested himself unto his people,

unto as many as will believe on his name,

behold, Jerusalem shall be destroyed again;

for wo unto them that fight against God and the people of his church.

2 Nephi 25:16

And after they have been scattered,

and the Lord God hath scourged them

by other nations for the space of many generations,

yea, even down from generation to generation

until they shall be persuaded to believe in Christ, the Son of God,

and the atonement, which is infinite for all mankind —

and when that day shall come that they shall believe in Christ,

and worship the Father in his name, with pure hearts and clean hands,

and look not forward any more for another Messiah,

then, at that time, the day will come

that it must needs be expedient that they should believe these things.

2 Nephi 25:17

And the Lord will set his hand again the second time

to restore his people from their lost and fallen state.

Wherefore, he will proceed to do a marvelous work and a wonder

among the children of men.

2 Nephi 25:18

Wherefore, he shall bring forth his words unto them,

which words shall judge them at the last day,

for they shall be given them for the purpose of convincing them

of the true Messiah, who was rejected by them;

and unto the convincing of them

that they need not look forward any more for a Messiah to come,

for there should not any come, save it should be a false Messiah

which should deceive the people;

for there is save one Messiah spoken of by the prophets,

and that Messiah is he who should be rejected of the Jews.

2 Nephi 25:19

For according to the words of the prophets,

the Messiah cometh in six hundred years

from the time that my father left Jerusalem;

and according to the words of the prophets,

and also the word of the angel of God,

his name shall be Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

2 Nephi 25:21

Wherefore, for this cause hath the Lord God promised unto me

that these things which I write shall be kept and preserved,

and handed down unto my seed, from generation to generation,

that the promise may be fulfilled unto Joseph,

that his seed should never perish as long as the earth should stand.

2 Nephi 25:22

Wherefore, these things shall go from generation to generation

as long as the earth shall stand;

and they shall go according to the will and pleasure of God;

and the nations who shall possess them shall be judged of them

according to the words which are written.

2 Nephi 25:23

For we labor diligently to write,

to persuade our children, and also our brethren,

to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God;

for we know that it is by grace that we are saved,

after all we can do.

2 Nephi 25:26

And we talk of Christ,

we rejoice in Christ,

we preach of Christ,

we prophesy of Christ,

and we write according to our prophecies,

that our children may know to what source they may look

for a remission of their sins.

2 Nephi 25:27

Wherefore, we speak concerning the law

that our children may know the deadness of the law;

and they, by knowing the deadness of the law,

may look forward unto that life which is in Christ,

and know for what end the law was given.

And after the law is fulfilled in Christ,

that they need not harden their hearts against him

when the law ought to be done away.

2 Nephi 25:28

And now behold, my people, ye are a stiffnecked people;

wherefore, I have spoken plainly unto you,

that ye cannot misunderstand.

And the words which I have spoken shall stand as a testimony against you;

for they are sufficient to teach any man the right way;

for the right way is to believe in Christ and deny him not;

for by denying him ye also deny the prophets and the law.

2 Nephi 25:29

And now behold, I say unto you

that the right way is to believe in Christ, and deny him not;

and Christ is the Holy One of Israel;

wherefore ye must bow down before him,

and worship him with all your might, mind, and strength, and your whole soul;

and if ye do this ye shall in nowise be cast out.

2 Nephi 26:3

And after the Messiah shall come

there shall be signs given unto my people of his birth,

and also of his death and resurrection;

and great and terrible shall that day be unto the wicked,

for they shall perish;

and they perish because they cast out the prophets, and the saints,

and stone them, and slay them;

wherefore the cry of the blood of the saints

shall ascend up to God from the ground against them.

2 Nephi 26:5

And they that kill the prophets, and the saints,

the depths of the earth shall swallow them up, saith the Lord of Hosts;

and mountains shall cover them,

and whirlwinds shall carry them away,

and buildings shall fall upon them

and crush them to pieces and grind them to powder.

2 Nephi 26:10

And when these things have passed away

a speedy destruction cometh unto my people;

for, notwithstanding the pains of my soul, I have seen it;

wherefore, I know that it shall come to pass;

and they sell themselves for naught;

for, for the reward of their pride and their foolishness they shall reap destruction;

for because they yield unto the devil

and choose works of darkness rather than light,

therefore they must go down to hell.

2 Nephi 26:11

For the Spirit of the Lord will not always strive with man.

And when the Spirit ceaseth to strive with man then cometh speedy destruction,

and this grieveth my soul.

2 Nephi 26:13

And that he manifesteth himself unto all those who believe in him,

by the power of the Holy Ghost;

yea, unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people,

working mighty miracles, signs, and wonders,

among the children of men according to their faith.

2 Nephi 26:17

For thus saith the Lord God:

They shall write the things which shall be done among them,

and they shall be written and sealed up in a book,

and those who have dwindled in unbelief shall not have them,

for they seek to destroy the things of God.

2 Nephi 26:19

And it shall come to pass, that those who have dwindled in unbelief

shall be smitten by the hand of the Gentiles.

2 Nephi 26:22

And there are also secret combinations, even as in times of old,

according to the combinations of the devil,

for he is the founder of all these things;

yea, the founder of murder, and works of darkness;

yea, and he leadeth them by the neck with a flaxen cord,

until he bindeth them with his strong cords forever.

2 Nephi 26:27

Hath he commanded any that they should not partake of his salvation?

Behold I say unto you, Nay;

but he hath given it free for all men;

and he hath commanded his people

that they should persuade all men to repentance.

2 Nephi 26:30

Behold, the Lord hath forbidden this thing;

wherefore, the Lord God hath given a commandment

that all men should have charity, which charity is love.

And except they should have charity they were nothing.

Wherefore, if they should have charity

they would not suffer the laborer in Zion to perish.

2 Nephi 26:33

For none of these iniquities come of the Lord;

for he doeth that which is good among the children of men;

and he doeth nothing save it be plain unto the children of men;

and he inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness;

and he denieth none that come unto him,

black and white, bond and free, male and female;

and he remembereth the heathen;

and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile.

2 Nephi 27:6

And it shall come to pass that

the Lord God shall bring forth unto you the words of a book,

and they shall be the words of them which have slumbered.

2 Nephi 27:7

And behold the book shall be sealed;

and in the book shall be a revelation from God,

from the beginning of the world to the ending thereof.

2 Nephi 27:12

Wherefore, at that day when the book shall be delivered

unto the man of whom I have spoken,

the book shall be hid from the eyes of the world,

that the eyes of none shall behold it

save it be that three witnesses shall behold it, by the power of God,

besides him to whom the book shall be delivered;

and they shall testify to the truth of the book and the things therein.

2 Nephi 27:13

And there is none other which shall view it,

save it be a few according to the will of God,

to bear testimony of his word unto the children of men;

for the Lord God hath said

that the words of the faithful should speak as if it were from the dead.

2 Nephi 27:14

Wherefore, the Lord God will proceed to bring forth the words of the book;

and in the mouth of as many witnesses as seemeth him good

will he establish his word;

and wo be unto him that rejecteth the word of God!

2 Nephi 27:15

But behold, it shall come to pass that

the Lord God shall say unto him to whom he shall deliver the book:

Take these words which are not sealed and deliver them to another,

that he may show them unto the learned, saying:

Read this, I pray thee.

And the learned shall say:

Bring hither the book, and I will read them.

2 Nephi 27:16

And now, because of the glory of the world and to get gain will they say this,

and not for the glory of God.

2 Nephi 27:19

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that

the Lord God will deliver again the book and the words thereof

to him that is not learned;

and the man that is not learned shall say:

I am not learned.

2 Nephi 27:20

Then shall the Lord God say unto him:

The learned shall not read them,

for they have rejected them,

and I am able to do mine own work;

wherefore thou shalt read the words which I shall give unto thee.

2 Nephi 27:21

Touch not the things which are sealed,

for I will bring them forth in mine own due time;

for I will show unto the children of men that I am able to do mine own work.

2 Nephi 27:22

Wherefore, when thou hast read the words which I have commanded thee,

and obtained the witnesses which I have promised unto thee,

then shalt thou seal up the book again, and hide it up unto me,

that I may preserve the words which thou hast not read,

until I shall see fit in mine own wisdom

to reveal all things unto the children of men.

2 Nephi 27:23

For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles;

and I will show unto the world

that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever;

and I work not among the children of men save it be according to their faith.

2 Nephi 27:24

And again it shall come to pass that the Lord shall say unto him

that shall read the words that shall be delivered him:

2 Nephi 27:26

Therefore, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people,

yea, a marvelous work and a wonder,

for the wisdom of their wise and learned shall perish,

and the understanding of their prudent shall be hid.

2 Nephi 27:27

And wo unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord!

And their works are in the dark;

and they say:

Who seeth us, and who knoweth us?

And they also say:

Surely, your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay.

But behold, I will show unto them, saith the Lord of Hosts,

that I know all their works.

For shall the work say of him that made it,

he made me not?

Or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it,

he had no understanding?

2 Nephi 27:31

For assuredly as the Lord liveth

they shall see that the terrible one is brought to naught,

and the scorner is consumed,

and all that watch for iniquity are cut off;

2 Nephi 27:35

They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding,

and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.