Unit 8

yea

12 occurrences in 11 verses

2 Nephi 1:5, 11, 12, 13, 22, 24, 28, 29,

2 Nephi 2:5, 18, 20

2 Nephi 1:5

But, said he, notwithstanding our afflictions,

we have obtained a land of promise,

a land which is choice above all other lands;

a land which the Lord God hath covenanted with me

should be a land for the inheritance of my seed.

yea, the Lord hath covenanted this land unto me, and to my children forever,

and also all those who should be led out of other countries

by the hand of the Lord.

2 Nephi 1:11

yea, he will bring other nations unto them,

and he will give unto them power,

and he will take away from them the lands of their possessions,

and he will cause them to be scattered and smitten.

2 Nephi 1:12

yea, as one generation passeth to another

there shall be bloodsheds, and great visitations among them;

wherefore, my sons, I would that ye would remember;

yea, I would that ye would hearken unto my words.

2 Nephi 1:13

O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep,

yea, even from the sleep of hell,

and shake off the awful chains by which ye are bound,

which are the chains which bind the children of men,

that they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulf of misery and woe.

2 Nephi 1:22

That ye may not be cursed with a sore cursing;

and also, that ye may not incur the displeasure of a just God upon you,

unto the destruction, yea, the eternal destruction of both soul and body.

2 Nephi 1:24

Rebel no more against your brother,

whose views have been glorious,

and who hath kept the commandments from the time that we left Jerusalem;

and who hath been an instrument in the hands of God,

in bringing us forth into the land of promise;

for were it not for him, we must have perished with hunger in the wilderness;

nevertheless, ye sought to take away his life;

yea, and he hath suffered much sorrow because of you.

2 Nephi 1:28

And now my son, Laman, and also Lemuel and Sam,

and also my sons who are the sons of Ishmael,

behold, if ye will hearken unto the voice of Nephi

ye shall not perish.

And if ye will hearken unto him

I leave unto you a blessing, yea, even my first blessing.

2 Nephi 1:29

But if ye will not hearken unto him I take away my first blessing,

yea, even my blessing, and it shall rest upon him.

2 Nephi 2:5

And men are instructed sufficiently that they know good from evil.

And the law is given unto men.

And by the law no flesh is justified;

or, by the law men are cut off.

yea, by the temporal law they were cut off;

and also, by the spiritual law they perish from that which is good,

and become miserable forever.

2 Nephi 2:18

And because he had fallen from heaven,

and had become miserable forever,

he sought also the misery of all mankind.

Wherefore, he said unto Eve,

yea, even that old serpent, who is the devil,

who is the father of all lies,

wherefore he said:

Partake of the forbidden fruit, and ye shall not die,

but ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.

2 Nephi 2:20

And they have brought forth children;

yea, even the family of all the earth.