"Nigh unto death"

1. Philip. 2: 27, 30
     27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
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     30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
2. Mosiah 27: 28
     28 Nevertheless, after wading through much tribulation, repenting nigh unto death, the Lord in mercy hath seen fit to snatch me out of an everlasting burning, and I am born of God.