Unit 3

my

49 occurrences in 33 verses



1 Nephi 10:1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17,

1 Nephi 11:1, 3, 5, 8, 12, 25, 27, 29, 35,

1 Nephi 12:2, 15, 19, 20,

1 Nephi 13:10, 12, 14, 15, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39,

1 Nephi 14:29



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 10:2

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 10:4

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 10:8

Yea, even he should go forth and cry in the wilderness:

Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight;

for there standeth one among you whom ye know not;

and he is mightier than I,

whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

And much spake my father concerning this thing.



1 Nephi 10:9

And my father said he should baptize in Bethabara, beyond Jordan;

and he also said he should baptize with water;

even that he should baptize the Messiah with water.



1 Nephi 10:11

And it came to pass after my father had spoken these words

he spake unto my brethren concerning the gospel

which should be preached among the Jews,

and also concerning the dwindling of the Jews in unbelief.

And after they had slain the Messiah, who should come,

and after he had been slain

he should rise from the dead,

and should make himself manifest, by the Holy Ghost, unto the Gentiles.



1 Nephi 10:12

Yea, even my father spake much concerning the Gentiles,

and also concerning the house of Israel,

that they should be compared like unto an olive tree,

whose branches should be broken off

and should be scattered upon all the face of the earth.



1 Nephi 10:15

And after this manner of language did my father prophesy

and speak unto my brethren,

and also many more things which I do not write in this book;

for I have written as many of them as were expedient for me in mine other book.



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 11:1

For it came to pass after I had desired

to know the things that my father had seen,

and believing that the Lord was able to make them known unto me,

as I sat pondering in mine heart

I was caught away in the Spirit of the Lord,

yea, into an exceedingly high mountain,

which I never had before seen,

and upon which I never had before set my foot.



1 Nephi 11:3

And I said:

I desire to behold the things which my father saw.



1 Nephi 11:5

And I said:

Yea, thou knowest that I believe all the words of my father.



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 11:12

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

And I looked as if to look upon him, and I saw him not;

for he had gone from before my presence.



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 11:29

And I also beheld twelve others following him.

And it came to pass that they were carried away in the Spirit from before my face,

and I saw them not.



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 12:2

And it came to pass that I beheld multitudes gathered together

to battle, one against the other;

and I beheld wars, and rumors of wars,

and great slaughters with the sword among my people.



1 Nephi 12:15

And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the people of my seed

gathered together in multitudes against the seed of my brethren;

and they were gathered together to battle.



1 Nephi 12:19

And while the angel spake these words,

I beheld and saw that the seed of my brethren did contend against my seed,

according to the word of the angel;

and because of the pride of my seed, and the temptations of the devil,

I beheld that the seed of my brethren did overpower the people of my seed.



1 Nephi 12:20

And it came to pass that I beheld, and saw the people of the seed of my brethren

that they had overcome my seed;

and they went forth in multitudes upon the face of the land.



1 Nephi 13:10

And it came to pass that I looked and beheld many waters;

and they divided the Gentiles from the seed of my brethren.



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 13:14

And it came to pass that I beheld

many multitudes of the Gentiles upon the land of promise;

and I beheld the wrath of God,

that it was upon the seed of my brethren;

and they were scattered before the Gentiles and were smitten.



1 Nephi 13:15

And I beheld the Spirit of the Lord, that it was upon the Gentiles,

and they did prosper and obtain the land for their inheritance;

and I beheld that they were white, and exceedingly fair and beautiful,

like unto my people before they were slain.



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 13:36

And in them shall be written my gospel, saith the Lamb,

and my rock and my salvation.



1 Nephi 13:37

And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day,

for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost;

and if they endure unto the end

they shall be lifted up at the last day,

and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb;

and whoso shall publish peace,

yea, tidings of great joy,

how beautiful upon the mountains shall they be.



1 Nephi 13:38

And it came to pass that I beheld the remnant of the seed of my brethren,

and also the book of the Lamb of God,

which had proceeded forth from the mouth of the Jew,

that it came forth from the Gentiles

unto the remnant of the seed of my brethren.



1 Nephi 13:39

And after it had come forth unto them I beheld other books,

which came forth by the power of the Lamb, from the Gentiles unto them,

unto the convincing of the Gentiles and the remnant of the seed of my brethren,

and also the Jews who were scattered upon all the face of the earth,

that the records of the prophets and of the twelve apostles of the Lamb are true.



1 Nephi 14:29

And I bear record that I saw the things which my father saw,

and the angel of the Lord did make them known unto me.