Unit 2

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10 occurrences in 9 verses

1 Nephi 6:1, 4,

1 Nephi 7:8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17,

1 Nephi 9:6

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 6:4

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 7:8

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 7:9

How is it that ye have not hearkened unto the word of the Lord?

1 Nephi 7:10

How is it that ye have forgotten that ye have seen an angel of the Lord?

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 7:17

But it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord, saying:

O Lord, according to my faith which is in thee,

wilt thou deliver me from the hands of my brethren;

yea, even give me strength that I may burst these bands with which I am bound.

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.