Unit 2
behold
16 occurrences in 14 verses
1 Nephi 7:6, 8, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19,
1 Nephi 8:2, 3, 4, 14, 30,
1 Nephi 9:2, 6
1 Nephi 7:6
And it came to pass that as we journeyed in the wilderness,
behold Laman and Lemuel, and two of the daughters of Ishmael,
and the two sons of Ishmael and their families, did rebel against us;
yea, against me, Nephi, and Sam,
and their father, Ishmael, and his wife, and his three other daughters.
1 Nephi 7:8
And now I, Nephi, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts,
therefore I spake unto them, saying,
yea, even unto Laman and unto Lemuel:
behold ye are mine elder brethren,
and how is it that ye are so hard in your hearts, and so blind in your minds,
that ye have need that I, your younger brother, should speak unto you,
yea, and set an example for you?
1 Nephi 7:14
For behold, the Spirit of the Lord ceaseth soon to strive with them;
for behold, they have rejected the prophets,
and Jeremiah have they cast into prison.
And they have sought to take away the life of my father,
insomuch that they have driven him out of the land.
1 Nephi 7:15
Now behold, I say unto you
that if ye will return unto Jerusalem ye shall also perish with them.
And now, if ye have choice, go up to the land,
and remember the words which I speak unto you,
that if ye go ye will also perish;
for thus the Spirit of the Lord constraineth me that I should speak.
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 7:18
And it came to pass that when I had said these words,
behold, the bands were loosed from off my hands and feet,
and I stood before my brethren, and I spake unto them again.
1 Nephi 7:19
And it came to pass that they were angry with me again,
and sought to lay hands upon me;
but behold, one of the daughters of Ishmael,
yea, and also her mother, and one of the sons of Ishmael,
did plead with my brethren,
insomuch that they did soften their hearts;
and they did cease striving to take away my life.
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 8:3
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 8:4
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 8:14
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 8:30
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 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 9:6
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.
