Unit 2
words
10 occurrences in 10 verses
1 Nephi 7:4, 15, 16, 18,
1 Nephi 8:2, 29, 34, 36, 37,
1 Nephi 9:6
1 Nephi 7:4
And it came to pass that we went up unto the house of Ishmael,
and we did gain favor in the sight of Ishmael,
insomuch that we did speak unto him the words of the Lord.
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 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 8:29
And now I, Nephi, do not speak all the words of my father.
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 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 9:6
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.
