Unit 2
for
29 occurrences in 24 verses
1 Nephi 6:1, 2, 3, 4,
1 Nephi 7:1, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21,
1 Nephi 8:3, 4, 8, 12, 34, 36,
1 Nephi 9:2, 3, 4, 5, 6
1 Nephi 6:1
And now I, Nephi, do not give the genealogy of my fathers in this part of my record;
neither at any time shall I give it after upon these plates which I am writing;
for it is given in the record which has been kept by my father;
wherefore, I do not write it in this work.
1 Nephi 6:2
for it sufficeth me to say that we are descendants of Joseph.
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 7:1
And now I would that ye might know, that
after my father, Lehi, had made an end of prophesying concerning his seed,
it came to pass that the Lord spake unto him again, saying
that it was not meet for him, Lehi,
that he should take his family into the wilderness alone;
but that his sons should take daughters to wife,
that they might raise up seed unto the Lord in the land of promise.
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 7:11
Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten
what great things the Lord hath done for us,
in delivering us out of the hands of Laban,
and also that we should obtain the record?
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 7:14
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 7:21
And it came to pass that I did frankly forgive them all that they had done,
and I did exhort them that they would pray
unto the Lord their God for forgiveness.
And it came to pass that they did so.
And after they had done praying unto the Lord
we did again travel on our journey towards the tent of our father.
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 8:8
And after I had traveled for the space of many hours in darkness,
I began to pray unto the Lord that he would have mercy on me,
according to the multitude of his tender mercies.
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 8:34
These are the words of my father:
for as many as heeded them, had fallen away.
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 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 9:4
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.
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.
