Unit 4

tree

9 occurrences in 8 verses



1 Nephi 15:7, 12, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 36



1 Nephi 15:7

And they said:

Behold, we cannot understand the words which our father hath spoken

concerning the natural branches of the olive tree,

and also concerning the Gentiles.



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 15:16

Behold, I say unto you,

yea; they shall be remembered again among the house of Israel;

they shall be grafted in,

being a natural branch of the olive tree,

into the true olive tree.



1 Nephi 15:21

And it came to pass that they did speak unto me again, saying:

What meaneth this thing which our father saw in a dream?

What meaneth the tree which he saw?



1 Nephi 15:22

And I said unto them:

It was a representation of the tree of life.



1 Nephi 15:23

And they said unto me:

What meaneth the rod of iron which our father saw, that led to the tree?



1 Nephi 15:28

And I said unto them that it was an awful gulf,

which separated the wicked from the tree of life, and also from the saints of God.



1 Nephi 15:36

Wherefore, the wicked are rejected from the righteous,

and also from that tree of life,

whose fruit is most precious and most desirable above all other fruits;

yea, and it is the greatest of all the gifts of God.

And thus I spake unto my brethren.

Amen.