Unit 2
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16 occurrences in 13 verses
1 Nephi 6:3, 4,
1 Nephi 7:12, 13, 16,
1 Nephi 8:3, 12, 30, 36, 37,
1 Nephi 9:1, 3, 4
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 6:4
For the fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade men to come
unto the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and be saved.
1 Nephi 7:12
Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten
that the Lord is able to do all things
according to his will, for the children of men,
if it so be that they exercise faith in him?
Wherefore, let us be faithful to him.
1 Nephi 7:13
And if it so be that we are faithful to him,
we shall obtain the land of promise;
and ye shall know at some future period
that the word of the Lord shall be fulfilled
concerning the destruction of Jerusalem;
for all things which the Lord hath spoken
concerning the destruction of Jerusalem must be fulfilled.
1 Nephi 7:16
And it came to pass that when I, Nephi, had spoken these words unto my brethren,
they were angry with me.
And it came to pass that they did lay their hands upon me,
for behold, they were exceedingly wroth,
and they did bind me with cords,
for they sought to take away my life,
that they might leave me in the wilderness to be devoured by wild beasts.
1 Nephi 8:3
And behold, because of the thing which I have seen,
I have reason to rejoice in the Lord because of Nephi and also of Sam;
for I have reason to suppose
that they, and also many of their seed, will be saved.
1 Nephi 8:12
And as I partook of the fruit thereof
it filled my soul with exceedingly great joy;
wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also;
for I knew that it was desirable above all other fruit.
1 Nephi 8:30
But, to be short in writing, behold, he saw other multitudes pressing forward;
and they came and caught hold of the end of the rod of iron;
and they did press their way forward,
continually holding fast to the rod of iron,
until they came forth and fell down and partook of the fruit of the tree.
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 9:3
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 9:4
Upon the other plates should be engraven
an account of the reign of the kings, and the wars and contentions of my people;
wherefore these plates are for the more part of the ministry;
and the other plates are for the more part of the reign of the kings
and the wars and contentions of my people.
