Unit 2
a
27 occurrences in 21 verses
1 Nephi 6:3,
1 Nephi 8:2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 23, 26, 36, 37,
1 Nephi 9:1, 2, 3, 5, 6
1 Nephi 6:3
And it mattereth not to me that I am particular to give a full account
of all the things of my father,
for they cannot be written upon these plates,
for I desire the room that I may write of the things of God.
1 Nephi 8:2
And it came to pass that while my father tarried in the wilderness
he spake unto us, saying:
Behold, I have dreamed a dream;
or, in other words, I have seen a vision.
1 Nephi 8:4
But behold, Laman and Lemuel, I fear exceedingly because of you;
for behold, methought I saw in my dream, a dark and dreary wilderness.
1 Nephi 8:5
And it came to pass that I saw a man, and he was dressed in a white robe;
and he came and stood before me.
1 Nephi 8:7
And it came to pass that as I followed him
I beheld myself that I was in a dark and dreary waste.
1 Nephi 8:9
And it came to pass after I had prayed unto the Lord
I beheld a large and spacious field.
1 Nephi 8:10
And it came to pass that I beheld a tree,
whose fruit was desirable to make one happy.
1 Nephi 8:13
And as I cast my eyes round about,
that perhaps I might discover my family also,
I beheld a river of water; and it ran along,
and it was near the tree of which I was partaking the fruit.
1 Nephi 8:14
And I looked to behold from whence it came;
and I saw the head thereof a little way off;
and at the head thereof I beheld your mother Sariah, and Sam, and Nephi;
and they stood as if they knew not whither they should go.
1 Nephi 8:15
And it came to pass that I beckoned unto them;
and I also did say unto them with a loud voice
that they should come unto me, and partake of the fruit,
which was desirable above all other fruit.
1 Nephi 8:19
And I beheld a rod of iron,
and it extended along the bank of the river,
and led to the tree by which I stood.
1 Nephi 8:20
And I also beheld a strait and narrow path,
which came along by the rod of iron,
even to the tree by which I stood;
and it also led by the head of the fountain, unto a large and spacious field,
as if it had been a world.
1 Nephi 8:23
And it came to pass that there arose a mist of darkness;
yea, even an exceedingly great mist of darkness,
insomuch that they who had commenced in the path did lose their way,
that they wandered off and were lost.
1 Nephi 8:26
And I also cast my eyes round about,
and beheld, on the other side of the river of water, a great and spacious building;
and it stood as it were in the air, high above the earth.
1 Nephi 8:36
And it came to pass after my father had spoken
all the words of his dream or vision, which were many,
he said unto us,
because of these things which he saw in a vision,
he exceedingly feared for Laman and Lemuel;
yea, he feared lest they should be cast off from the presence of the Lord.
1 Nephi 8:37
And he did exhort them then with all the feeling of a tender parent,
that they would hearken to his words,
that perhaps the Lord would be merciful to them, and not cast them off;
yea, my father did preach unto them.
1 Nephi 9:1
And all these things did my father see, and hear, and speak,
as he dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel,
and also a great many more things, which cannot be written upon these plates.
1 Nephi 9:2
And now, as I have spoken concerning these plates,
behold they are not the plates
upon which I make a full account of the history of my people;
for the plates upon which I make a full account of my people
I have given the name of Nephi;
wherefore, they are called the plates of Nephi, after mine own name;
and these plates also are called the plates of Nephi.
1 Nephi 9:3
Nevertheless, I have received a commandment of the Lord
that I should make these plates, for the special purpose
that there should be an account engraven of the ministry of my people.
1 Nephi 9:5
Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me to make these plates
for a wise purpose in him, which purpose I know not.
1 Nephi 9:6
But the Lord knoweth all things from the beginning;
wherefore, he prepareth a way
to accomplish all his works among the children of men;
for behold, he hath all power unto the fulfilling of all his words.
And thus it is.
Amen.
