Unit 3

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46 occurrences in 30 verses



1 Nephi 10:4, 5, 6, 7, 16, 17,

1 Nephi 11:6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 19, 20, 25, 27, 35,

1 Nephi 12:4, 18, 23,

1 Nephi 13:4, 5, 12, 20, 23, 24,

1 Nephi 14:2, 7, 19, 28



1 Nephi 10:4

Yea, even six hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem,

a prophet would the Lord God raise up among the Jews —

even a Messiah, or, in other words, a Savior of the world.



1 Nephi 10:5

And he also spake concerning the prophets,

how great a number had testified of these things,

concerning this Messiah, of whom he had spoken,

or this Redeemer of the world.



1 Nephi 10:6

Wherefore, all mankind were in a lost and in a fallen state,

and ever would be save they should rely on this Redeemer.



1 Nephi 10:7

And he spake also concerning a prophet

who should come before the Messiah, to prepare the way of the Lord —



1 Nephi 10:16

And all these things, of which I have spoken, were done

as my father dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel.



1 Nephi 10:17

And it came to pass after I, Nephi, having heard all the words of my father,

concerning the things which he saw in a vision,

and also the things which he spake by the power of the Holy Ghost,

which power he received by faith on the Son of God

— and the Son of God was the Messiah who should come —

I, Nephi, was desirous also

that I might see, and hear, and know of these things, by the power of the Holy Ghost,

which is the gift of God unto all those who diligently seek him,

as well in times of old

as in the time that he should manifest himself unto the children of men.



1 Nephi 11:6

And when I had spoken these words,

the Spirit cried with a loud voice, saying:

Hosanna to the Lord, the most high God;

for he is God over all the earth, yea, even above all.

And blessed art thou, Nephi, because thou believest in the Son of the most high God;

wherefore, thou shalt behold the things which thou hast desired.



1 Nephi 11:7

And behold this thing shall be given unto thee for a sign,

that after thou hast beheld the tree

which bore the fruit which thy father tasted,

thou shalt also behold a man descending out of heaven,

and him shall ye witness;

and after ye have witnessed him

ye shall bear record that it is the Son of God.



1 Nephi 11:8

And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me: Look!

And I looked and beheld a tree;

and it was like unto the tree which my father had seen;

and the beauty thereof was far beyond, yea, exceeding of all beauty;

and the whiteness thereof did exceed the whiteness of the driven snow.



1 Nephi 11:11

And I said unto him:

To know the interpretation thereof —

for I spake unto him as a man speaketh;

for I beheld that he was in the form of a man;

yet nevertheless, I knew that it was the Spirit of the Lord;

and he spake unto me as a man speaketh with another.



1 Nephi 11:13

And it came to pass that I looked

and beheld the great city of Jerusalem, and also other cities.

And I beheld the city of Nazareth;

and in the city of Nazareth I beheld a virgin,

and she was exceedingly fair and white.



1 Nephi 11:15

And I said unto him:

a virgin, most beautiful and fair above all other virgins.



1 Nephi 11:19

And it came to pass that I beheld that she was carried away in the Spirit;

and after she had been carried away in the Spirit for the space of a time

the angel spake unto me, saying: Look!



1 Nephi 11:20

And I looked and beheld the virgin again,

bearing a child in her arms.



1 Nephi 11:25

And it came to pass that I beheld

that the rod of iron, which my father had seen, was the word of God,

which led to the fountain of living waters, or to the tree of life;

which waters are a representation of the love of God;

and I also beheld that the tree of life was a representation of the love of God.



1 Nephi 11:27

And I looked and beheld the Redeemer of the world,

of whom my father had spoken;

and I also beheld the prophet who should prepare the way before him.

And the Lamb of God went forth and was baptized of him;

and after he was baptized,

I beheld the heavens open,

and the Holy Ghost come down out of heaven

and abide upon him in the form of a dove.



1 Nephi 11:35

And the multitude of the earth was gathered together;

and I beheld that they were in a large and spacious building,

like unto the building which my father saw.

And the angel of the Lord spake unto me again, saying:

Behold the world and the wisdom thereof;

yea, behold the house of Israel hath gathered together

to fight against the twelve apostles of the Lamb.



1 Nephi 12:4

And it came to pass that I saw a mist of darkness

on the face of the land of promise;

and I saw lightnings, and I heard thunderings, and earthquakes,

and all manner of tumultuous noises;

and I saw the earth and the rocks, that they rent;

and I saw mountains tumbling into pieces;

and I saw the plains of the earth, that they were broken up;

and I saw many cities that they were sunk;

and I saw many that they were burned with fire;

and I saw many that did tumble to the earth, because of the quaking thereof.



1 Nephi 12:18

And the large and spacious building, which thy father saw,

is vain imaginations and the pride of the children of men.

And a great and a terrible gulf divideth them;

yea, even the word of the justice of the Eternal God, and the Messiah

who is the Lamb of God,

of whom the Holy Ghost beareth record,

from the beginning of the world until this time,

and from this time henceforth and forever.



1 Nephi 12:23

And it came to pass that I beheld, after they had dwindled in unbelief

they became a dark, and loathsome, and a filthy people,

full of idleness and all manner of abominations.



1 Nephi 13:4

And it came to pass that I saw among the nations of the Gentiles

the formation of a great church.



1 Nephi 13:5

And the angel said unto me:

Behold the formation of a church

which is most abominable above all other churches,

which slayeth the saints of God,

yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down,

and yoketh them with a yoke of iron,

and bringeth them down into captivity.



1 Nephi 13:12

And I looked and beheld a man among the Gentiles,

who was separated from the seed of my brethren by the many waters;

and I beheld the Spirit of God,

that it came down and wrought upon the man;

and he went forth upon the many waters,

even unto the seed of my brethren, who were in the promised land.



1 Nephi 13:20

And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld that they did prosper in the land;

and I beheld a book, and it was carried forth among them.



1 Nephi 13:23

And he said:

Behold it proceedeth out of the mouth of a Jew.

And I, Nephi, beheld it;

and he said unto me:

The book that thou beholdest is a record of the Jews,

which contains the covenants of the Lord,

which he hath made unto the house of Israel;

and it also containeth many of the prophecies of the holy prophets;

and it is a record like unto the engravings

which are upon the plates of brass,

save there are not so many;

nevertheless, they contain the covenants of the Lord,

which he hath made unto the house of Israel;

wherefore, they are of great worth unto the Gentiles.



1 Nephi 13:24

And the angel of the Lord said unto me:

Thou hast beheld that the book proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew;

and when it proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew

it contained the fulness of the gospel of the Lord,

of whom the twelve apostles bear record;

and they bear record according to the truth which is in the Lamb of God.



1 Nephi 14:2

And harden not their hearts against the Lamb of God,

they shall be numbered among the seed of thy father;

yea, they shall be numbered among the house of Israel;

and they shall be a blessed people upon the promised land forever;

they shall be no more brought down into captivity;

and the house of Israel shall no more be confounded.



1 Nephi 14:7

For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of God,

that I will work a great and a marvelous work among the children of men;

a work which shall be everlasting,

either on the one hand or on the other —

either to the convincing of them unto peace and life eternal,

or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their hearts

and the blindness of their minds

unto their being brought down into captivity,

and also into destruction, both temporally and spiritually,

according to the captivity of the devil, of which I have spoken.



1 Nephi 14:19

And I looked and beheld a man, and he was dressed in a white robe.



1 Nephi 14:28

And behold, I, Nephi, am forbidden

that I should write the remainder of the things which I saw and heard;

wherefore the things which I have written sufficeth me;

and I have written but a small part of the things which I saw.