Unit 25

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30 occurrences in 22 verses

Jacob 4:1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14,

Jacob 5:2, 3, 6, 7, 15, 22, 25, 27, 29, 43, 45, 50, 51, 76

Jacob 4:1

Now behold, it came to pass that

I, Jacob, having ministered much unto my people in word,

(and I cannot write but a little of my words,

because of the difficulty of engraving our words upon plates)

and we know that the things which we write upon plates must remain;

Jacob 4:2

But whatsoever things we write upon anything save it be upon plates

must perish and vanish away;

but we can write a few words upon plates,

which will give our children, and also our beloved brethren,

a small degree of knowledge concerning us, or concerning their fathers —

Jacob 4:4

For, for this intent have we written these things,

that they may know that we knew of Christ,

and we had a hope of his glory many hundred years before his coming;

and not only we ourselves had a hope of his glory,

but also all the holy prophets which were before us.

Jacob 4:5

Behold, they believed in Christ and worshiped the Father in his name,

and also we worship the Father in his name.

And for this intent we keep the law of Moses,

it pointing our souls to him;

and for this cause it is sanctified unto us for righteousness,

even as it was accounted unto Abraham in the wilderness to be obedient

unto the commands of God in offering up his son Isaac,

which is a similitude of God and his Only Begotten Son.

Jacob 4:6

Wherefore, we search the prophets,

and we have many revelations and the spirit of prophecy;

and having all these witnesses

we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken,

insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus

and the very trees obey us, or the mountains, or the waves of the sea.

Jacob 4:11

Wherefore, beloved brethren, be reconciled unto him

through the atonement of Christ, his Only Begotten Son,

and ye may obtain a resurrection,

according to the power of the resurrection which is in Christ,

and be presented as the first-fruits of Christ unto God,

having faith, and obtained a good hope of glory in him

before he manifesteth himself in the flesh.

Jacob 4:12

And now, beloved, marvel not that I tell you these things;

for why not speak of the atonement of Christ,

and attain to a perfect knowledge of him,

as to attain to the knowledge of a resurrection and the world to come?

Jacob 4:14

But behold, the Jews were a stiffnecked people;

and they despised the words of plainness, and killed the prophets,

and sought for things that they could not understand.

Wherefore, because of their blindness,

which blindness came by looking beyond the mark,

they must needs fall;

for God hath taken away his plainness from them,

and delivered unto them many things which they cannot understand,

because they desired it.

And because they desired it

God hath done it, that they may stumble.

Jacob 5:2

Hearken, O ye house of Israel,

and hear the words of me, a prophet of the Lord.

Jacob 5:3

For behold, thus saith the Lord,

I will liken thee, O house of Israel, like unto a tame olive tree,

which a man took and nourished in his vineyard;

and it grew, and waxed old, and began to decay.

Jacob 5:6

And it came to pass that after many days

it began to put forth somewhat a little, young and tender branches;

but behold, the main top thereof began to perish.

Jacob 5:7

And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard saw it,

and he said unto his servant:

It grieveth me that I should lose this tree;

wherefore, go and pluck the branches from a wild olive tree,

and bring them hither unto me;

and we will pluck off those main branches

which are beginning to wither away,

and we will cast them into the fire that they may be burned.

Jacob 5:15

And it came to pass that a long time passed away,

and the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant:

Come, let us go down into the vineyard,

that we may labor in the vineyard.

Jacob 5:22

And the Lord of the vineyard said unto him:

Counsel me not;

I knew that it was a poor spot of ground;

wherefore, I said unto thee, I have nourished it this long time,

and thou beholdest that it hath brought forth much fruit.

Jacob 5:25

And he said unto the servant:

Look hither and behold the last.

Behold, this have I planted in a good spot of ground;

and I have nourished it this long time,

and only a part of the tree hath brought forth tame fruit,

and the other part of the tree hath brought forth wild fruit;

behold, I have nourished this tree like unto the others.

Jacob 5:27

But behold, the servant said unto him:

Let us prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it a little longer,

that perhaps it may bring forth good fruit unto thee,

that thou canst lay it up against the season.

Jacob 5:29

And it came to pass that a long time had passed away,

and the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant:

Come, let us go down into the vineyard,

that we may labor again in the vineyard.

For behold, the time draweth near, and the end soon cometh;

wherefore, I must lay up fruit against the season, unto mine own self.

Jacob 5:43

And behold this last, whose branch hath withered away,

I did plant in a good spot of ground;

yea, even that which was choice unto me

above all other parts of the land of my vineyard.

Jacob 5:45

And thou beheldest that a part thereof brought forth good fruit,

and a part thereof brought forth wild fruit;

and because I plucked not the branches thereof and cast them into the fire,

behold, they have overcome the good branch that it hath withered away.

Jacob 5:50

But, behold, the servant said unto the Lord of the vineyard:

Spare it a little longer.

Jacob 5:51

And the Lord said:

Yea, I will spare it a little longer,

for it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard.

Jacob 5:76

For behold, for a long time will I lay up of the fruit of my vineyard

unto mine own self against the season, which speedily cometh;

and for the last time have I nourished my vineyard,

and pruned it, and dug about it, and dunged it;

wherefore I will lay up unto mine own self of the fruit, for a long time,

according to that which I have spoken.

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