Unit 18

will

24 occurrences in 21 verses

2 Nephi 25:8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 22,

2 Nephi 26:11, 16,

2 Nephi 27:1, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28

2 Nephi 25:8

Wherefore, they are of worth unto the children of men,

and he that supposeth that they are not,

unto them will I speak particularly,

and confine the words unto mine own people;

for I know that they shall be of great worth unto them in the last days;

for in that day shall they understand them;

wherefore, for their good have I written them.

2 Nephi 25:12

But, behold, they shall have wars, and rumors of wars;

and when the day cometh that the Only Begotten of the Father,

yea, even the Father of heaven and of earth,

shall manifest himself unto them in the flesh,

behold, they will reject him, because of their iniquities,

and the hardness of their hearts, and the stiffness of their necks.

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 25:22

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 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 26:16

For those who shall be destroyed shall speak unto them out of the ground,

and their speech shall be low out of the dust,

and their voice shall be as one that hath a familiar spirit;

for the Lord God will give unto him power,

that he may whisper concerning them,

even as it were out of the ground;

and their speech shall whisper out of the dust.

2 Nephi 27:1

But, behold, in the last days, or in the days of the Gentiles —

yea, behold all the nations of the Gentiles and also the Jews,

both those who shall come upon this land

and those who shall be upon other lands,

yea, even upon all the lands of the earth,

behold, they will be drunken with iniquity and all manner of abominations —

2 Nephi 27:11

And the day cometh that the words of the book which were sealed

shall be read upon the house tops;

and they shall be read by the power of Christ;

and all things shall be revealed unto the children of men

which ever have been among the children of men,

and which ever will be even unto the end of the earth.

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 27:21

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 27:23

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 27:26

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 27:28

But behold, saith the Lord of Hosts:

I will show unto the children of men

that it is yet a very little while

and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field;

and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest.