Unit 24

were

6 occurrences in 6 verses -

Jacob 2:20, 22, 23, 34,

Jacob 3:5, 14

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 2:23

But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes.

For behold, thus saith the Lord:

This people begin to wax in iniquity;

they understand not the scriptures,

for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms,

because of the things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son.

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 3:5

Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate

because of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins,

are more righteous than you;

for they have not forgotten the commandment of the Lord,

which was given unto our father —

that they should have save it were one wife,

and concubines they should have none,

and there should not be whoredoms committed among them.

Jacob 3:14

These plates are called the plates of Jacob,

and they were made by the hand of Nephi.

And I make an end of speaking these words.