Unit 5

him to be

3 occurrences in 3 verses

1 Nephi 16:37,

1 Nephi 17:40,

1 Nephi 19:9

1 Nephi 16:37

And Laman said unto Lemuel and also unto the sons of Ishmael:

Behold, let us slay our father, and also our brother Nephi,

who has taken it upon him to be our ruler and our teacher,

who are his elder brethren.

1 Nephi 17:40

And he loveth those who will have him to be their God.

Behold, he loved our fathers,

and he covenanted with them,

yea, even Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob;

and he remembered the covenants which he had made;

wherefore, he did bring them out of the land of Egypt.

1 Nephi 19:9

And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of naught;

wherefore they scourge him, and he suffereth it;

and they smite him, and he suffereth it.

Yea, they spit upon him, and he suffereth it,

because of his loving kindness and his long-suffering towards the children of men.