Unit 4

the Lord

12 occurrences in 11 verses

1 Nephi 15:3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 20, 25

1 Nephi 15:3

For he truly spake many great things unto them,

which were hard to be understood,

save a man should inquire of the Lord;

and they being hard in their hearts,

therefore they did not look unto the Lord as they ought.

1 Nephi 15:8

And I said unto them:

Have ye inquired of the Lord?

1 Nephi 15:9

And they said unto me:

We have not;

for the Lord maketh no such thing known unto us.

1 Nephi 15:10

Behold, I said unto them:

How is it that ye do not keep the commandments of the Lord?

How is it that ye will perish, because of the hardness of your hearts?

1 Nephi 15:11

Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath said? —

if ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith,

believing that ye shall receive,

with diligence in keeping my commandments,

surely these things shall be made known unto you.

1 Nephi 15:12

Behold, I say unto you, that the house of Israel was compared unto an olive tree,

by the Spirit of the Lord which was in our father;

and behold are we not broken off from the house of Israel,

and are we not a branch of the house of Israel?

1 Nephi 15:14

And at that day shall the remnant of our seed know

that they are of the house of Israel,

and that they are the covenant people of the Lord;

and then shall they know and come to the knowledge of their forefathers,

and also to the knowledge of the gospel of their Redeemer,

which was ministered unto their fathers by him;

wherefore, they shall come to the knowledge of their Redeemer

and the very points of his doctrine,

that they may know how to come unto him and be saved.

1 Nephi 15:17

And this is what our father meaneth;

and he meaneth that it will not come to pass

until after they are scattered by the Gentiles;

and he meaneth that it shall come by way of the Gentiles,

that the Lord may show his power unto the Gentiles,

for the very cause that he shall be rejected of the Jews, or of the house of Israel.

1 Nephi 15:18

Wherefore, our father hath not spoken of our seed alone,

but also of all the house of Israel,

pointing to the covenant which should be fulfilled in the latter days;

which covenant the Lord made to our father Abraham, saying:

In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

1 Nephi 15:20

And I did rehearse unto them the words of Isaiah,

who spake concerning the restoration of the Jews, or of the house of Israel;

and after they were restored they should no more be confounded,

neither should they be scattered again.

And it came to pass that I did speak many words unto my brethren,

that they were pacified and did humble themselves before the Lord.

1 Nephi 15:25

Wherefore, I, Nephi, did exhort them to give heed unto the word of the Lord;

yea, I did exhort them with all the energies of my soul,

and with all the faculty which I possessed,

that they would give heed to the word of God

and remember to keep his commandments always in all things.