Unit 3
behold
41 occurrences in 36 verses
1 Nephi 10:2, 10,
1 Nephi 11:2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 18, 21, 26, 35,
1 Nephi 12:1, 5, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 22,
1 Nephi 13:2, 5, 8, 11, 23, 26, 34, 35,
1 Nephi 14:4, 9, 10, 16, 20, 21, 23, 24, 28
1 Nephi 10:2
For behold, it came to pass after my father had made an end
of speaking the words of his dream, and also of exhorting them to all diligence,
he spake unto them concerning the Jews —
1 Nephi 10:10
And after he had baptized the Messiah with water,
he should behold and bear record that he had baptized the Lamb of God,
who should take away the sins of the world.
1 Nephi 11:2
And the Spirit said unto me:
behold, what desirest thou?
1 Nephi 11:3
And I said:
I desire to behold the things which my father saw.
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 11:9
And it came to pass after I had seen the tree,
I said unto the Spirit:
I behold thou hast shown unto me the tree
which is precious above all.
1 Nephi 11:18
And he said unto me:
behold, the virgin whom thou seest is the mother of the Son of God,
after the manner of the flesh.
1 Nephi 11:21
And the angel said unto me:
behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son of the Eternal Father!
Knowest thou the meaning of the tree which thy father saw?
1 Nephi 11:26
And the angel said unto me again:
Look and behold the condescension of God!
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 12:1
And it came to pass that the angel said unto me:
Look, and behold thy seed, and also the seed of thy brethren.
And I looked and beheld the land of promise;
and I beheld multitudes of people,
yea, even as it were in number as many as the sand of the sea.
1 Nephi 12:5
And it came to pass after I saw these things,
I saw the vapor of darkness,
that it passed from off the face of the earth;
and behold, I saw multitudes who had not fallen
because of the great and terrible judgments of the Lord.
1 Nephi 12:8
And the angel spake unto me, saying:
behold the Twelve Disciples of the Lamb,
who are chosen to minister unto thy seed.
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 12:10
And these twelve ministers whom thou beholdest shall judge thy seed.
And, behold, they are righteous forever;
for because of their faith in the Lamb of God
their garments are made white in his blood.
1 Nephi 12:14
And the angel said unto me:
behold thy seed, and also the seed of thy brethren.
1 Nephi 12:16
And the angel spake unto me, saying:
behold the fountain of filthy water which thy father saw;
yea, even the river of which he spake;
and the depths thereof are the depths of hell.
1 Nephi 12:22
And the angel said unto me:
behold these shall dwindle in unbelief.
1 Nephi 13:2
And the angel said unto me:
What beholdest thou?
And I said: I behold many nations and kingdoms.
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 13:8
And the angel spake unto me, saying:
behold the gold, and the silver, and the silks, and the scarlets,
and the fine-twined linen, and the precious clothing, and the harlots,
are the desires of this great and abominable church.
1 Nephi 13:11
And it came to pass that the angel said unto me:
behold the wrath of God is upon the seed of thy brethren.
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 13:26
And after they go forth by the hand of the twelve apostles of the Lamb,
from the Jews unto the Gentiles,
thou seest the formation of that great and abominable church,
which is most abominable above all other churches;
for behold, they have taken away from the gospel of the Lamb
many parts which are plain and most precious;
and also many covenants of the Lord have they taken away.
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 13:35
For, behold, saith the Lamb: I will manifest myself unto thy seed,
that they shall write many things which I shall minister unto them,
which shall be plain and precious;
and after thy seed shall be destroyed, and dwindle in unbelief,
and also the seed of thy brethren,
behold, these things shall be hid up, to come forth unto the Gentiles,
by the gift and power of the Lamb.
1 Nephi 14:4
For behold, this is according to the captivity of the devil,
and also according to the justice of God,
upon all those who will work wickedness and abomination before him.
1 Nephi 14:9
And it came to pass that he said unto me:
Look, and behold that great and abominable church,
which is the mother of abominations, whose founder is the devil.
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 14:16
And as there began to be wars and rumors of wars
among all the nations which belonged to the mother of abominations,
the angel spake unto me, saying:
behold, the wrath of God is upon the mother of harlots;
and behold, thou seest all these things —
1 Nephi 14:20
And the angel said unto me:
behold one of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
1 Nephi 14:21
behold, he shall see and write the remainder of these things;
yea, and also many things which have been.
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 14:24
And behold, the things which this apostle of the Lamb shall write
are many things which thou hast seen;
and behold, the remainder shalt thou see.
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.
