1 Nephi 2: 20

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THE FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI
HIS REIGN AND MINISTRY

CHAPTER 2

20 And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall ^aprosper, and shall be led to a ^bland of promise; yea, even a land which I have prepared for you; yea, a land which is choice above all other lands.

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20a

Josh. 1: 7.

7 Only be thou strong and very ^acourageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: ^bturn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest ^cprosper whithersoever thou goest.

1 Ne. 4: 14.

14 And now, when I, Nephi, had heard these words, I remembered the words of the Lord which he spake unto me in the wilderness, saying that: ^aInasmuch as thy seed shall keep my ^bcommandments, they shall ^cprosper in the ^dland of promise.

Mosiah 1: 7.

7 And now, my sons, I would that ye should remember to ^asearch them diligently, that ye may profit thereby; and I would that ye should ^bkeep the commandments of God, that ye may ^cprosper in the land according to the ^dpromises which the Lord made unto our fathers.

Deut. 33: 13 (13-16).

13 ¶ And of ^aJoseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his ^bland, for the ^cprecious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

1 Chr. 28: 8 (7-8).

8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God: that ye may possess this good ^aland, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.

1 Ne. 5: 5 (5, 22).

5 But behold, I have ^aobtained a ^bland of promise, in the which things I do rejoice; yea, and I ^cknow that the Lord will deliver my sons out of the hands of Laban, and bring them down again unto us in the wilderness.

1 Ne. 7: 13.

13 And if it so be that we are faithful to him, we shall obtain the ^aland of promise; and ye shall know at some future period that the word of the Lord shall be fulfilled concerning the ^bdestruction of ^cJerusalem; for all things which the Lord hath spoken concerning the destruction of Jerusalem must be fulfilled.

Moses 7: 17 (17-18).

17 The ^afear of the Lord was upon all nations, so great was the ^bglory of the Lord, which was upon his people. And the Lord blessed the ^cland, and they were blessed upon the mountains, and upon the high places, and did flourish.

TG Promised Lands.