Unit 24

now

9 occurrences in 9 verses -

Jacob 2:2, 12, 14, 20, 22, 34,

Jacob 3:6, 12, 13

Jacob 2:2

now, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob,

according to the responsibility which I am under to God,

to magnify mine office with soberness,

and that I might rid my garments of your sins,

I come up into the temple this day

that I might declare unto you the word of God.

Jacob 2:12

And now behold, my brethren, this is the word which I declare unto you,

that many of you have begun to search for gold, and for silver,

and for all manner of precious ores,

in the which this land,

which is a land of promise unto you and to your seed,

doth abound most plentifully.

Jacob 2:14

And now, my brethren, do ye suppose

that God justifieth you in this thing?

Behold, I say unto you, Nay.

But he condemneth you,

and if ye persist in these things

his judgments must speedily come unto you.

Jacob 2:20

And now, my brethren, I have spoken unto you concerning pride;

and those of you which have afflicted your neighbor, and persecuted him

because ye were proud in your hearts, of the things which God hath given you,

what say ye of it?

Jacob 2:22

And now I make an end of speaking unto you concerning this pride.

And were it not that I must speak unto you concerning a grosser crime,

my heart would rejoice exceedingly because of you.

Jacob 2:34

And now behold, my brethren,

ye know that these commandments were given to our father, Lehi;

wherefore, ye have known them before;

and ye have come unto great condemnation;

for ye have done these things which ye ought not to have done.

Jacob 3:6

And now, this commandment they observe to keep;

wherefore, because of this observance, in keeping this commandment,

the Lord God will not destroy them, but will be merciful unto them;

and one day they shall become a blessed people.

Jacob 3:12

And now I, Jacob, spake many more things unto the people of Nephi,

warning them against fornication and lasciviousness, and every kind of sin,

telling them the awful consequences of them.

Jacob 3:13

And a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people,

which now began to be numerous,

cannot be written upon these plates;

but many of their proceedings are written upon the larger plates,

and their wars, and their contentions, and the reigns of their kings.