Unit 19

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48 occurrences in 25 verses

2 Nephi 28:1, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 30, 32,

2 Nephi 29:4, 11, 12,

2 Nephi 30:3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15

2 Nephi 28:1

And now, behold, my brethren, I have spoken unto you,

according as the Spirit hath constrained me;

wherefore, I know that they must surely come to pass.

2 Nephi 28:4

And they shall contend one with another;

and their priests shall contend one with another,

and they shall teach with their learning,

and deny the Holy Ghost, which giveth utterance.

2 Nephi 28:5

And they deny the power of God, the Holy One of Israel;

and they say unto the people:

Hearken unto us, and hear ye our precept;

for behold there is no God today,

for the Lord and the Redeemer hath done his work,

and he hath given his power unto men;

2 Nephi 28:6

Behold, hearken ye unto my precept;

if they shall say there is a miracle wrought by the hand of the Lord,

believe it not;

for this day he is not a God of miracles;

he hath done his work.

2 Nephi 28:11

Yea, they have all gone out of the way;

they have become corrupted.

2 Nephi 28:12

Because of pride, and because of false teachers, and false doctrine,

their churches have become corrupted, and their churches are lifted up;

because of pride they are puffed up.

2 Nephi 28:13

they rob the poor because of their fine sanctuaries;

they rob the poor because of their fine clothing;

and they persecute the meek and the poor in heart,

because in their pride they are puffed up.

2 Nephi 28:14

they wear stiff necks and high heads;

yea, and because of pride, and wickedness, and abominations, and whoredoms,

they have all gone astray

save it be a few, who are the humble followers of Christ;

nevertheless, they are led, that in many instances they do err

because they are taught by the precepts of men.

2 Nephi 28:15

O the wise, and the learned, and the rich,

that are puffed up in the pride of their hearts,

and all those who preach false doctrines,

and all those who commit whoredoms, and pervert the right way of the Lord,

wo, wo, wo be unto them, saith the Lord God Almighty,

for they shall be thrust down to hell!

2 Nephi 28:16

Wo unto them that turn aside the just for a thing of naught

and revile against that which is good,

and say that it is of no worth!

For the day shall come

that the Lord God will speedily visit the inhabitants of the earth;

and in that day that they are fully ripe in iniquity they shall perish.

2 Nephi 28:17

But behold, if the inhabitants of the earth shall repent

of their wickedness and abominations

they shall not be destroyed, saith the Lord of Hosts.

2 Nephi 28:19

For the kingdom of the devil must shake,

and they which belong to it must needs be stirred up unto repentance,

or the devil will grasp them with his everlasting chains,

and they be stirred up to anger, and perish;

2 Nephi 28:21

And others will he pacify, and lull them away into carnal security,

that they will say:

All is well in Zion;

yea, Zion prospereth,

all is well —

and thus the devil cheateth their souls,

and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.

2 Nephi 28:23

Yea, they are grasped with death, and hell; and death, and hell, and the devil,

and all that have been seized therewith must stand before the throne of God,

and be judged according to their works,

from whence they must go into the place prepared for them,

even a lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.

2 Nephi 28:30

For behold, thus saith the Lord God:

I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept,

here a little and there a little;

and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts,

and lend an ear unto my counsel,

for they shall learn wisdom;

for unto him that receiveth I will give more;

and from them that shall say, We have enough,

from them shall be taken away even that which they have.

2 Nephi 28:32

Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord God of Hosts!

For notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day to day,

they will deny me;

nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God,

if they will repent and come unto me;

for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts.

2 Nephi 29:4

But thus saith the Lord God:

O fools, they shall have a Bible;

and it shall proceed forth from the Jews, mine ancient covenant people.

And what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they receive from them?

Yea, what do the Gentiles mean?

Do they remember the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews,

and their diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?

2 Nephi 29:11

For I command all men,

both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south,

and in the islands of the sea,

that they shall write the words which I speak unto them;

for out of the books which shall be written I will judge the world,

every man according to their works,

according to that which is written.

2 Nephi 29:12

For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they shall write it;

and I shall also speak unto the Nephites and they shall write it;

and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of Israel,

which I have led away,

and they shall write it;

and I shall also speak unto all nations of the earth

and they shall write it.

2 Nephi 30:3

And now, I would prophesy somewhat more concerning the Jews and the Gentiles.

For after the book of which I have spoken shall come forth,

and be written unto the Gentiles,

and sealed up again unto the Lord,

there shall be many which shall believe the words which are written;

and they shall carry them forth unto the remnant of our seed.

2 Nephi 30:4

And then shall the remnant of our seed know concerning us,

how that we came out from Jerusalem,

and that they are descendants of the Jews.

2 Nephi 30:5

And the gospel of Jesus Christ shall be declared among them;

wherefore, they shall be restored unto the knowledge of their fathers,

and also to the knowledge of Jesus Christ, which was had among their fathers.

2 Nephi 30:6

And then shall they rejoice;

for they shall know that it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God;

and their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes;

and many generations shall not pass away among them,

save they shall be a pure and a delightsome people.

2 Nephi 30:7

And it shall come to pass that the Jews which are scattered

also shall begin to believe in Christ;

and they shall begin to gather in upon the face of the land;

and as many as shall believe in Christ shall also become a delightsome people.

2 Nephi 30:15

they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain;

for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord

as the waters cover the sea.