Unit 25

behold

53 occurrences in 41 verses



Jacob 4:1, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18,

Jacob 5:1, 3, 6, 8, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 50, 54, 62, 69, 71, 75, 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 4:5

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 4:8

behold, great and marvelous are the works of the Lord.

How unsearchable are the depths of the mysteries of him;

and it is impossible that man should find out all his ways.

And no man knoweth of his ways save it be revealed unto him;

wherefore, brethren, despise not the revelations of God.



Jacob 4:9

For behold, by the power of his word

man came upon the face of the earth,

which earth was created by the power of his word.

Wherefore, if God being able to speak and the world was,

and to speak and man was created,

O then, why not able to command the earth,

or the workmanship of his hands upon the face of it,

according to his will and pleasure?



Jacob 4:10

Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord,

but to take counsel from his hand.

For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth

in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works.



Jacob 4:13

behold, my brethren, he that prophesieth,

let him prophesy to the understanding of men;

for the Spirit speaketh the truth and lieth not.

Wherefore, it speaketh of things as they really are,

and of things as they really will be;

wherefore, these things are manifested unto us plainly,

for the salvation of our souls.

But behold, we are not witnesses alone in these things;

for God also spake them unto prophets of old.



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 4:16

But behold, according to the scriptures,

this stone shall become the great, and the last, and the only sure foundation,

upon which the Jews can build.



Jacob 4:18

behold, my beloved brethren, I will unfold this mystery unto you;

if I do not, by any means, get shaken from my firmness in the Spirit,

and stumble because of my over anxiety for you.



Jacob 5:1

behold, my brethren, do ye not remember

to have read the words of the prophet Zenos,

which he spake unto the house of Israel, saying:



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 5:8

And behold, saith the Lord of the vineyard,

I take away many of these young and tender branches,

and I will graft them whithersoever I will;

and it mattereth not that if it so be that the root of this tree will perish,

I may preserve the fruit thereof unto myself;

wherefore, I will take these young and tender branches,

and I will graft them whithersoever I will.



Jacob 5:16

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard, and also the servant,

went down into the vineyard to labor.

And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master:

behold, look here; behold the tree.



Jacob 5:18

And he said unto the servant:

behold, the branches of the wild tree

have taken hold of the moisture of the root thereof,

that the root thereof hath brought forth much strength;

and because of the much strength of the root thereof

the wild branches have brought forth tame fruit.

Now, if we had not grafted in these branches,

the tree thereof would have perished.

And now, behold, I shall lay up much fruit,

which the tree thereof hath brought forth;

and the fruit thereof I shall lay up against the season, unto mine own self.



Jacob 5:19

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant:

Come, let us go to the nethermost part of the vineyard,

and behold if the natural branches of the tree

have not brought forth much fruit also,

that I may lay up of the fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self.



Jacob 5:20

And it came to pass that they went forth

whither the master had hid the natural branches of the tree,

and he said unto the servant:

behold these;

and he beheld the first that it had brought forth much fruit;

and he beheld also that it was good.

And he said unto the servant:

Take of the fruit thereof, and lay it up against the season,

that I may preserve it unto mine own self;

for behold, said he, this long time have I nourished it,

and it hath brought forth much fruit.



Jacob 5:21

And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master:

How comest thou hither to plant this tree, or this branch of the tree?

For behold, it was the poorest spot in all the land of thy vineyard.



Jacob 5:23

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant:

Look hither; behold I have planted another branch of the tree also;

and thou knowest that this spot of ground was poorer than the first.

But, behold the tree.

I have nourished it this long time,

and it hath brought forth much fruit;

therefore, gather it, and lay it up against the season,

that I may preserve it unto mine own self.



Jacob 5:24

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said again unto his servant:

Look hither, and behold another branch also, which I have planted;

behold that I have nourished it also,

and it hath brought forth 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 5:30

And it came to pass that

the Lord of the vineyard and the servant went down into the vineyard;

and they came to the tree whose natural branches had been broken off,

and the wild branches had been grafted in;

and behold all sorts of fruit did cumber the tree.



Jacob 5:31

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard

did taste of the fruit, every sort according to its number.

And the Lord of the vineyard said:

behold, this long time have we nourished this tree,

and I have laid up unto myself against the season much fruit.



Jacob 5:32

But behold, this time it hath brought forth much fruit,

and there is none of it which is good.

And behold, there are all kinds of bad fruit;

and it profiteth me nothing, notwithstanding all our labor;

and now it grieveth me that I should lose this tree.



Jacob 5:34

And the servant said unto his master:

behold, because thou didst graft in the branches of the wild olive tree

they have nourished the roots,

that they are alive and they have not perished;

wherefore thou beholdest that they are yet good.



Jacob 5:37

But behold, the wild branches have grown and have overrun the roots thereof;

and because that the wild branches have overcome the roots thereof

it hath brought forth much evil fruit;

and because that it hath brought forth so much evil fruit

thou beholdest that it beginneth to perish;

and it will soon become ripened,

that it may be cast into the fire,

except we should do something for it to preserve it.



Jacob 5:38

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant:

Let us go down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard,

and behold if the natural branches have also brought forth evil fruit.



Jacob 5:42

behold, I knew that all the fruit of the vineyard,

save it were these, had become corrupted.

And now these which have once brought forth good fruit

have also become corrupted;

and now all the trees of my vineyard are good for nothing

save it be to be hewn down and cast into the fire.



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 5:46

And now, behold, notwithstanding all the care

which we have taken of my vineyard,

the trees thereof have become corrupted,

that they bring forth no good fruit;

and these I had hoped to preserve,

to have laid up fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self.

But, behold, they have become like unto the wild olive tree,

and they are of no worth but to be hewn down and cast into the fire;

and it grieveth me that I should lose them.



Jacob 5:48

And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master:

Is it not the loftiness of thy vineyard —

have not the branches thereof overcome the roots which are good?

And because the branches have overcome the roots thereof,

behold they grew faster than the strength of the roots,

taking strength unto themselves.

behold, I say,

is not this the cause

that the trees of thy vineyard have become corrupted?



Jacob 5:50

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

Spare it a little longer.



Jacob 5:54

And, behold, the roots of the natural branches of the tree

which I planted whithersoever I would are yet alive;

wherefore, that I may preserve them also for mine own purpose,

I will take of the branches of this tree, and I will graft them in unto them.

Yea, I will graft in unto them the branches of their mother tree,

that I may preserve the roots also unto mine own self,

that when they shall be sufficiently strong

perhaps they may bring forth good fruit unto me,

and I may yet have glory in the fruit of my vineyard.



Jacob 5:62

Wherefore, let us go to and labor with our might this last time,

for behold the end draweth nigh,

and this is for the last time that I shall prune my vineyard.



Jacob 5:69

And the bad shall be cast away,

yea, even out of all the land of my vineyard;

for behold, only this once will I prune my vineyard.



Jacob 5:71

And the Lord of the vineyard said unto them:

Go to, and labor in the vineyard, with your might.

For behold, this is the last time that I shall nourish my vineyard;

for the end is nigh at hand, and the season speedily cometh;

and if ye labor with your might with me ye shall have joy in the fruit

which I shall lay up unto myself against the time which will soon come.



Jacob 5:75

And it came to pass that when the Lord of the vineyard saw

that his fruit was good, and that his vineyard was no more corrupt,

he called up his servants, and said unto them:

behold, for this last time have we nourished my vineyard;

and thou beholdest that I have done according to my will;

and I have preserved the natural fruit,

that it is good, even like as it was in the beginning.

And blessed art thou;

for because ye have been diligent in laboring with me in my vineyard,

and have kept my commandments,

and have brought unto me again the natural fruit,

that my vineyard is no more corrupted, and the bad is cast away,

behold ye shall have joy with me because of the fruit 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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