Unit 80
of the
35 occurrences in 22 verses
3 Nephi 1:2, 3, 4, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26, 28, 30,
3 Nephi 2:2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 17, 18
3 Nephi 1:2
And Nephi, the son of Helaman, had departed out of the land of Zarahemla,
giving charge unto his son Nephi, who was his eldest son,
concerning the plates of brass, and all the records which had been kept,
and all those things which had been kept sacred
from the departure of Lehi out of Jerusalem.
3 Nephi 1:3
Then he departed out of the land,
and whither he went, no man knoweth;
and his son Nephi did keep the records in his stead,
yea, the record of this people.
3 Nephi 1:4
And it came to pass that in the commencement of the ninety and second year,
behold, the prophecies of the prophets began to be fulfilled more fully;
for there began to be greater signs and greater miracles wrought among the people.
3 Nephi 1:12
And it came to pass that he cried mightily unto the Lord all that day;
and behold, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:
3 Nephi 1:14
Behold, I come unto my own,
to fulfil all things which I have made known unto the children of men
from the foundation of the world,
and to do the will, both of the Father and of the Son —
of the Father because of me,
and of the Son because of my flesh.
And behold, the time is at hand,
and this night shall the sign be given.
3 Nephi 1:15
And it came to pass that the words which came unto Nephi were fulfilled,
according as they had been spoken;
for behold, at the going down of the sun there was no darkness;
and the people began to be astonished
because there was no darkness when the night came.
3 Nephi 1:16
And there were many, who had not believed the words of the prophets,
who fell to the earth and became as if they were dead,
for they knew that the great plan of destruction
which they had laid for those who believed in the words of the prophets
had been frustrated;
for the sign which had been given was already at hand.
3 Nephi 1:17
And they began to know that the Son of God must shortly appear;
yea, in fine, all the people upon the face of the whole earth
from the west to the east,
both in the land north and in the land south,
were so exceedingly astonished that they fell to the earth.
3 Nephi 1:19
And it came to pass that there was no darkness in all that night,
but it was as light as though it was mid-day.
And it came to pass that the sun did rise in the morning again,
according to its proper order;
and they knew that it was the day that the Lord should be born,
because of the sign which had been given.
3 Nephi 1:20
And it had come to pass, yea, all things,
every whit, according to the words of the prophets.
3 Nephi 1:22
And it came to pass that from this time forth
there began to be lyings sent forth among the people, by Satan,
to harden their hearts,
to the intent that they might not believe
in those signs and wonders which they had seen;
but notwithstanding these lyings and deceivings
the more part of the people did believe, and were converted unto the Lord.
3 Nephi 1:25
But it came to pass that they soon became converted,
and were convinced of the error which they were in,
for it was made known unto them that the law was not yet fulfilled,
and that it must be fulfilled in every whit;
yea, the word came unto them that it must be fulfilled;
yea, that one jot or tittle should not pass away till it should all be fulfilled;
therefore in this same year were they brought to a knowledge of their error
and did confess their faults.
3 Nephi 1:26
And thus the ninety and second year did pass away,
bringing glad tidings unto the people
because of the signs which did come to pass,
according to the words of the prophecy of all the holy prophets.
3 Nephi 1:28
And it came to pass that in the ninety and fourth year
they began to increase in a great degree,
because there were many dissenters of the Nephites who did flee unto them,
which did cause much sorrow unto those Nephites who did remain in the land.
3 Nephi 1:30
And thus were the Lamanites afflicted also,
and began to decrease as to their faith and righteousness,
because of the wickedness of the rising generation.
3 Nephi 2:2
Imagining up some vain thing in their hearts,
that it was wrought by men and by the power of the devil,
to lead away and deceive the hearts of the people;
and thus did Satan get possession of the hearts of the people again,
insomuch that he did blind their eyes
and lead them away to believe
that the doctrine of Christ was a foolish and a vain thing.
3 Nephi 2:3
And it came to pass that
the people began to wax strong in wickedness and abominations;
and they did not believe that there should be any more signs or wonders given;
and Satan did go about, leading away the hearts of the people,
tempting them and causing them that they should do great wickedness in the land.
3 Nephi 2:5
And also an hundred years had passed away
since the days of Mosiah, who was king over the people of the Nephites.
3 Nephi 2:9
And Nephi, who was the father of Nephi,
who had the charge of the records,
did not return to the land of Zarahemla,
and could nowhere be found in all the land.
3 Nephi 2:11
And it came to pass in the thirteenth year
there began to be wars and contentions throughout all the land;
for the Gadianton robbers had become so numerous,
and did slay so many of the people,
and did lay waste so many cities,
and did spread so much death and carnage throughout the land,
that it became expedient that all the people,
both the Nephites and the Lamanites,
should take up arms against them.
3 Nephi 2:17
And it came to pass in the commencement of the fourteenth year,
the war between the robbers and the people of Nephi did continue
and did become exceedingly sore;
nevertheless, the people of Nephi did gain some advantage of the robbers,
insomuch that they did drive them back out of their lands
into the mountains and into their secret places.
3 Nephi 2:18
And thus ended the fourteenth year.
And in the fifteenth year they did come forth against the people of Nephi;
and because of the wickedness of the people of Nephi,
and their many contentions and dissensions,
the Gadianton robbers did gain many advantages over them.
