KnoWhy Scripture Filter
Joseph Smith received the gold plates as prophesied by Nephi. Image via lds.org
2 Nephi 26:16, Isaiah 29:4
Why Does Nephi Use Isaiah 29 as Part of His Own Prophecy?
KnoWhy #52
March 11, 2016
Editions of the Book of Mormon
Title Page
Are There Mistakes in the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy #3
January 4, 2016
DNA via pixabay.com
Introduction
Why Hasn’t Lehi’s DNA Been Found?
KnoWhy #280
February 27, 2017
Photograph by Laci Gibbs via ladylacecreative.com
Testimony of Eight Witnesses
Are the Accounts of the Golden Plates Believable?
KnoWhy #403
January 30, 2018
Reno Nevada Temple Angel Moroni
Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith
Why Did Moroni Deliver the Plates on September 22?
KnoWhy #193
September 22, 2016
Prophecy of Christ via LDS Media Library
1 Nephi 1:1
Why Is It Good to Seek Both Spiritual and Secular Learning?
KnoWhy #324
June 9, 2017
Hieratic Ostracon from Arad
1 Nephi 1:2
Did Ancient Israelites Write in Egyptian?
KnoWhy #4
January 5, 2016
Hacia el desierto by Jorge Cocco
1 Nephi 2:2
Why Does Zion Flourish in the Wilderness?
KnoWhy #362
September 7, 2017
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
1 Nephi 2:6–7
How Can We Be Thankful During Times of Hardship?
KnoWhy #384
November 23, 2017
Two images of Wadi Tayyib al-Ism via lds.org
1 Nephi 2:6
Have the Valley of Lemuel and the River Laman Been Found?
KnoWhy #286
March 13, 2017
Lehi in the desert
1 Nephi 2:9–10
Did Lehi Use the Poetry of the Ancient Bedouin?
KnoWhy #5
January 6, 2016
Mount Sinai, Egypt via lds.org
1 Nephi 2:12–13
How Can the Old Testament Covenants Help Us Understand the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy #363
September 12, 2017
The Liahona by Arnold Friberg via lds.org
1 Nephi 2:16
Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge: Act in Faith
KnoWhy #260
January 11, 2017
Mary Fielding Smith and Joseph F. Smith Crossing the Plains, by Glen S. Hopkinson via lds.org
1 Nephi 2:20
How Was Lehi’s Journey Similar to the Mormon Pioneers’ Trek West?
KnoWhy #357
August 25, 2017
Satelite image of Israel
1 Nephi 3:4
Why Does Nephi Always Go Down to the Wilderness and Up to Jerusalem?
KnoWhy #6
January 7, 2016
Image by Book of Mormon Central
1 Nephi 3:7
Why Did Nephi Believe the Lord Would Prepare a Way?
KnoWhy #263
January 18, 2017
Brother Joseph by David Lindsley
1 Nephi 3:19
How Much Could Joseph Smith Have Known about Chiasmus in 1829?
KnoWhy #334
July 3, 2017
Balaam and the angel, painting from Gustav Jaeger, 1836 via Wikipedia
1 Nephi 3:29
Why Don't We Know the Names of the Angels in the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy #426
April 19, 2018
Walls of Jerusalem
1 Nephi 4:4
Did Jerusalem Have Walls Around It?
KnoWhy #7
January 8, 2016
Vered Jericho Sword of Ancient Israel 600bc Steel by Shad Brooks
1 Nephi 4:9
What Was the Sword of Laban Like?
KnoWhy #401
January 23, 2018
Lehi's Sons Offering Riches to Laban by Jerry Thompson
1 Nephi 4:18
Was Nephi’s Slaying of Laban Legal?
KnoWhy #256
January 2, 2017
Sariah
1 Nephi 5:1
Were Any Ancient Israelite Women Named Sariah?
KnoWhy #8
January 11, 2016
Meeting of Jacob and Joseph by William Hole
1 Nephi 5:10
What Parts of the Old Testament Were on the Plates of Brass?
KnoWhy #410
February 22, 2018
Brigham Young via lds.org
1 Nephi 5:18
How Did Brigham Young Help Take the Book of Mormon to the World?
KnoWhy #354
August 18, 2017
Image by Jerry Thompson via lds.org
1 Nephi 6:5–6
Why Did Nephi Work So Hard to Preserve the Wisdom He Had Received?
KnoWhy #262
January 16, 2017
Lehi Offers Sacrifice in the Wilderness
1 Nephi 7:22
How Could Lehi Offer Sacrifices Outside of Jerusalem?
KnoWhy #9
January 12, 2016
Book of Mormon Central composition of The Tree of Life by Krista Maureen Jones and El sueño by Jorge Cocco
1 Nephi 8:8
Why Did Lehi Quote from a Psalm of Repentance In His Dream?
KnoWhy #325
June 12, 2017
The Tree of Life bearing white fruit
1 Nephi 8:11
What Fruit is White?
KnoWhy #10
January 13, 2016
Photo by Andrey Grinkevich on Unsplash
1 Nephi 8:13–14
Why We Still Have to Cling to the Iron Rod Even Though the Path is Strait
KnoWhy #402
January 25, 2018
Nephi Subduing his Brothers by Arnold Friberg
1 Nephi 9:4
Why Did Nephi Write His Small Plates?
KnoWhy #11
January 14, 2016
The Granite Mountain Records Vault via lds.org
1 Nephi 9:5
Why Is It Important to Keep Records?
KnoWhy #345
July 28, 2017
Servant and El by Jody Livingston
1 Nephi 10:17
Did Pre-Christian Prophets Know About Christ?
KnoWhy #12
January 15, 2016

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