Unit 2
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17 occurrences in 14 verses
1 Nephi 6:1, 3, 5, 6,
1 Nephi 7:1, 9,
1 Nephi 8:14, 18, 29, 33, 35, 37,
1 Nephi 9:2, 5
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 6:3
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 6:5
Wherefore, the things which are pleasing unto the world I do not write,
but the things which are pleasing unto God
and unto those who are not of the world.
1 Nephi 6:6
Wherefore, I shall give commandment unto my seed,
that they shall not occupy these plates with things
which are not of worth unto the children of men.
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 7:9
How is it that ye have not hearkened unto the word of the Lord?
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 8:18
And it came to pass that I saw them,
but they would not come unto me and partake of the fruit.
1 Nephi 8:29
And now I, Nephi, do not speak all the words of my father.
1 Nephi 8:33
And great was the multitude that did enter into that strange building.
And after they did enter into that building
they did point the finger of scorn at me
and those that were partaking of the fruit also;
but we heeded them not.
1 Nephi 8:35
And Laman and Lemuel partook not of the fruit, said my father.
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 9:2
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 9:5
Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me to make these plates
for a wise purpose in him, which purpose I know not.
