Unit 7

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30 occurrences in 18 verses

1 Nephi 22:1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 30

1 Nephi 22:1

And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi,

had read these things which were engraven upon the plates of brass,

my brethren came unto me and said unto me:

What meaneth these things which ye have read?

Behold, are they to be understood according to things which are spiritual,

which shall come to pass according to the spirit and not the flesh?

1 Nephi 22:2

And I, Nephi, said unto them:

Behold they were manifest unto the prophet by the voice of the Spirit;

for by the Spirit are all things made known unto the prophets,

which shall come upon the children of men according to the flesh.

1 Nephi 22:4

And behold, there are many who are already lost

from the knowledge of those who are at Jerusalem.

Yea, the more part of all the tribes have been led away;

and they are scattered to and fro upon the isles of the sea;

and whither they are none of us knoweth,

save that we know that they have been led away.

1 Nephi 22:5

And since they have been led away,

these things have been prophesied concerning them,

and also concerning all those

who shall hereafter be scattered and be confounded,

because of the Holy One of Israel;

for against him will they harden their hearts;

wherefore, they shall be scattered among all nations

and shall be hated of all men.

1 Nephi 22:6

Nevertheless, after they shall be nursed by the Gentiles,

and the Lord has lifted up his hand upon the Gentiles

and set them up for a standard,

and their children have been carried in their arms,

and their daughters have been carried upon their shoulders,

behold these things of which are spoken are temporal;

for thus are the covenants of the Lord with our fathers;

and it meaneth us in the days to come,

and also all our brethren who are of the house of Israel.

1 Nephi 22:12

Wherefore, he will bring them again out of captivity,

and they shall be gathered together to the lands of their inheritance;

and they shall be brought out of obscurity and out of darkness;

and they shall know that

the Lord is their Savior and their Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel.

1 Nephi 22:13

And the blood of that great and abominable church,

which is the whore of all the earth,

shall turn upon their own heads;

for they shall war among themselves,

and the sword of their own hands shall fall upon their own heads,

and they shall be drunken with their own blood.

1 Nephi 22:14

And every nation which shall war against thee, O house of Israel,

shall be turned one against another,

and they shall fall into the pit

which they digged to ensnare the people of the Lord.

And all that fight against Zion shall be destroyed,

and that great whore, who hath perverted the right ways of the Lord,

yea, that great and abominable church,

shall tumble to the dust

and great shall be the fall of it.

1 Nephi 22:15

For behold, saith the prophet, the time cometh speedily

that Satan shall have no more power over the hearts of the children of men;

for the day soon cometh

that all the proud and they who do wickedly shall be as stubble;

and the day cometh that they must be burned.

1 Nephi 22:17

Wherefore, he will preserve the righteous by his power,

even if it so be that the fulness of his wrath must come,

and the righteous be preserved,

even unto the destruction of their enemies by fire.

Wherefore, the righteous need not fear;

for thus saith the prophet, they shall be saved,

even if it so be as by fire.

1 Nephi 22:18

Behold, my brethren, I say unto you,

that these things must shortly come;

yea, even blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke must come;

and it must needs be upon the face of this earth;

and it cometh unto men according to the flesh

if it so be that they will harden their hearts against the Holy One of Israel.

1 Nephi 22:19

For behold, the righteous shall not perish;

for the time surely must come

that all they who fight against Zion shall be cut off.

1 Nephi 22:22

And the righteous need not fear,

for they are those who shall not be confounded.

But it is the kingdom of the devil,

which shall be built up among the children of men,

which kingdom is established among them which are in the flesh —

1 Nephi 22:23

For the time speedily shall come that all churches

which are built up to get gain,

and all those who are built up to get power over the flesh,

and those who are built up to become popular in the eyes of the world,

and those who seek the lusts of the flesh and the things of the world,

and to do all manner of iniquity;

yea, in fine, all those who belong to the kingdom of the devil

are they who need fear, and tremble, and quake;

they are those who must be brought low in the dust;

they are those who must be consumed as stubble;

and this is according to the words of the prophet.

1 Nephi 22:25

And he gathereth his children from the four quarters of the earth;

and he numbereth his sheep, and they know him;

and there shall be one fold and one shepherd;

and he shall feed his sheep,

and in him they shall find pasture.

1 Nephi 22:26

And because of the righteousness of his people, Satan has no power;

wherefore, he cannot be loosed for the space of many years;

for he hath no power over the hearts of the people,

for they dwell in righteousness,

and the Holy One of Israel reigneth.

1 Nephi 22:28

But, behold, all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people

shall dwell safely in the Holy One of Israel

if it so be that they will repent.

1 Nephi 22:30

Wherefore, my brethren, I would that ye should consider

that the things which have been written upon the plates of brass are true;

and they testify that a man must be obedient to the commandments of God.