15 Now behold, I say unto you that if ye will return unto Jerusalem ye shall also perish with them. And now, if ye have choice, go up to the land, and remember the words which I speak unto you, that if ye go ye will also perish; for thus the Spirit of the Lord constraineth me that I should speak.
16 And it came to pass that when I, Nephi, had spoken these words unto my brethren, they were angry with me. And it came to pass that they did lay their hands upon me, for behold, they were exceedingly wroth, and they did bind me with cords, for they sought to take away my life, that they might leave me in the wilderness to be devoured by wild beasts.
Here is an indication of the pride and general ill temper of Laman and his followers. After chastising them and telling them of the fate of those in Jerusalem, Nephi tells Laman and the others that they were free to return to Jerusalem, but the same fate would come to them. This is why I think there was a spark of something in Laman and Lemuel. They didn’t return to Jerusalem. They had the chance to go, and didn’t. They didn’t like it, but they didn’t return. They knew, or were maybe afraid, that Nephi was right, but they were still pretty angry with him. Instead of considering that his message could save their lives, they tried to kill the message bearer, because they could not be happy in their sin, and Nephi pointed that out to them.
- 1 Nephi 16:1–3
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