Unit 3
wherefore
19 occurrences in 18 verses
1 Nephi 10:1, 6, 13, 19, 21,
1 Nephi 11:6, 22,
1 Nephi 12:9,
1 Nephi 13:23, 25, 28, 30, 33, 34, 41,
1 Nephi 14:10, 23, 28
1 Nephi 10:1
And now I, Nephi, proceed to give an account upon these plates
of my proceedings, and my reign and ministry;
wherefore, to proceed with mine account,
I must speak somewhat of the things of my father, and also of my brethren.
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 10:13
wherefore, he said it must needs be
that we should be led with one accord into the land of promise,
unto the fulfilling of the word of the Lord,
that we should be scattered upon all the face of the earth.
1 Nephi 10:19
For he that diligently seeketh shall find;
and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost,
as well in these times as in times of old,
and as well in times of old as in times to come;
wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round.
1 Nephi 10:21
wherefore, if ye have sought to do wickedly in the days of your probation,
then ye are found unclean before the judgment-seat of God;
and no unclean thing can dwell with God; wherefore, ye must be cast off forever.
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 11:22
And I answered him, saying:
Yea, it is the love of God,
which sheddeth itself abroad in the hearts of the children of men;
wherefore, it is the most desirable above all things.
1 Nephi 12:9
And he said unto me:
Thou rememberest the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb?
Behold they are they who shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel;
wherefore, the twelve ministers of thy seed shall be judged of them;
for ye are of the house of Israel.
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 13:25
wherefore, these things go forth from the Jews in purity unto the Gentiles,
according to the truth which is in God.
1 Nephi 13:28
wherefore, thou seest that after the book hath gone forth
through the hands of the great and abominable church,
that there are many plain and precious things taken away from the book,
which is the book of the Lamb of God.
1 Nephi 13:30
Nevertheless, thou beholdest that the Gentiles
who have gone forth out of captivity,
and have been lifted up by the power of God
above all other nations, upon the face of the land
which is choice above all other lands,
which is the land that the Lord God hath covenanted with thy father
that his seed should have for the land of their inheritance;
wherefore, thou seest that the Lord God will not suffer
that the Gentiles will utterly destroy the mixture of thy seed,
which are among thy brethren.
1 Nephi 13:33
wherefore saith the Lamb of God:
I will be merciful unto the Gentiles,
unto the visiting of the remnant of the house of Israel in great judgment.
1 Nephi 13:34
And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake unto me, saying:
Behold, saith the Lamb of God,
after I have visited the remnant of the house of Israel
— and this remnant of whom I speak is the seed of thy father —
wherefore, after I have visited them in judgment,
and smitten them by the hand of the Gentiles,
and after the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly,
because of the most plain and precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb
which have been kept back by that abominable church,
which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb —
I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in that day,
insomuch that I will bring forth unto them, in mine own power,
much of my gospel, which shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb.
1 Nephi 13:41
And they must come according to the words
which shall be established by the mouth of the Lamb;
and the words of the Lamb shall be made known in the records of thy seed,
as well as in the records of the twelve apostles of the Lamb;
wherefore they both shall be established in one;
for there is one God and one Shepherd over all the earth.
1 Nephi 14:10
And he said unto me:
Behold there are save two churches only;
the one is the church of the Lamb of God,
and the other is the church of the devil;
wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God
belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations;
and she is the whore of all the earth.
1 Nephi 14:23
wherefore, the things which he shall write are just and true;
and behold they are written in the book
which thou beheld proceeding out of the mouth of the Jew;
and at the time they proceeded out of the mouth of the Jew,
or, at the time the book proceeded out of the mouth of the Jew,
the things which were written were plain and pure, and most precious
and easy to the understanding of all men.
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.
