Unit 18

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48 occurrences in 33 verses

2 Nephi 25:1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 16, 18, 27, 28, 29,

2 Nephi 26:8, 11, 15, 17, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32,

2 Nephi 27:4, 8, 10, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 33

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 25:2

For I, Nephi, have not taught them many things concerning the manner of the Jews;

for their works were works of darkness,

and their doings were doings of abominations.

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 25:8

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 25:16

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 25:18

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 25:27

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 26:8

But behold, the righteous that hearken unto the words of the prophets,

and destroy them not, but look forward unto Christ

with steadfastness for the signs which are given,

notwithstanding all persecution —

behold, they are they which shall not perish.

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 26:15

After my seed and the seed of my brethren shall have dwindled in unbelief,

and shall have been smitten by the Gentiles;

yea, after the Lord God shall have camped against them round about,

and shall have laid siege against them with a mount, and raised forts against them;

and after they shall have been brought down low in the dust,

even that they are not,

yet the words of the righteous shall be written,

and the prayers of the faithful shall be heard,

and all those who have dwindled in unbelief shall not be forgotten.

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 26:23

For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you

that the Lord God worketh not in darkness.

2 Nephi 26:24

He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world;

for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life

that he may draw all men unto him.

Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall not partake of his salvation.

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 26:28

Behold, hath the Lord commanded any

that they should not partake of his goodness?

Behold I say unto you, Nay;

but all men are privileged the one like unto the other,

and none are forbidden.

2 Nephi 26:29

He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts;

for, behold, priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up

for a light unto the world,

that they may get gain and praise of the world;

but they seek not the welfare of Zion.

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 26:32

And again, the Lord God hath commanded

that men should not murder;

that they should not lie;

that they should not steal;

that they should not take the name of the Lord their God in vain;

that they should not envy;

that they should not have malice;

that they should not contend one with another;

that they should not commit whoredoms;

and that they should do none of these things;

for whoso doeth them shall perish.

2 Nephi 27:4

For behold, all ye that doeth iniquity, stay yourselves and wonder,

for ye shall cry out, and cry;

yea, ye shall be drunken but not with wine,

ye shall stagger but not with strong drink.

2 Nephi 27:8

Wherefore, because of the things which are sealed up,

the things which are sealed shall not be delivered

in the day of the wickedness and abominations of the people.

Wherefore the book shall be kept from them.

2 Nephi 27:10

But the words which are sealed he shall not deliver,

neither shall he deliver the book.

For the book shall be sealed by the power of God,

and the revelation which was sealed shall be kept in the book

until the own due time of the Lord,

that they may come forth;

for behold, they reveal all things

from the foundation of the world unto the end thereof.

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 27:27

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 27:33

Therefore, thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham,

concerning the house of Jacob:

Jacob shall not now be ashamed,

neither shall his face now wax pale.