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save it be the righteous; and he that hideth not up his treasures

       unto me, cursed is he, and also the treasure, and none shall

       redeem it because of the curse of the land.

      Helaman 13:20

       20 And the day shall come that they shall hide up their

       treasures, because they have set their hearts upon riches; and

       because they have set their hearts upon their riches, and will

       hide up their treasures when they shall flee before their

       enemies; because they will not hide them up unto me, cursed be

       they and also their treasures; and in that day shall they be

       smitten, saith the Lord.

      Helaman 13:21

       21 Behold ye, the people of this great city, and hearken unto my

       words; yea, hearken unto the words which the Lord saith; for

       behold, he saith that ye are cursed because of your riches, and

       also are your riches cursed because ye have set your hearts upon

       them, and have not hearkened unto the words of him who gave them

       unto you.

      Helaman 13:22

       22 Ye do not remember the Lord your God in the things with which

       he hath blessed you, but ye do always remember your riches, not

       to thank the Lord your God for them; yea, your hearts are not

       drawn out unto the Lord, but they do swell with great pride, unto

       boasting, and unto great swelling, envyings, strifes, malice,

       persecutions and murders, and all manner of iniquities.

      Helaman 13:23

       23 For this cause hath the Lord God caused that a curse should

       come upon the land, and also upon your riches, and this because

       of your iniquities.

      Helaman 13:24

       24 Yea, wo unto this people, because of this time which has

       arrived, that ye do cast out the prophets, and do mock them, and

       cast stones at them, and do slay them, and do all manner of

       iniquity unto them, even as they did of old time.

      Helaman 13:25

       25 And now when ye talk, ye say: If our days had been in the

       days of our fathers of old, we would not have slain the prophets;

       we would not have stoned them, and cast them out.

      Helaman 13:26

       26 Behold ye are worse than they; for as the Lord liveth, if a

       prophet come among you and declareth unto you the word of the

       Lord, which testifieth of your sins and iniquities, ye are angry

       with him, and cast him out and seek all manner of ways to destroy

       him; yea, you will say that he is a false prophet, and that he is

       a sinner, and of the devil, because he testifieth that your deeds

       are evil.

      Helaman 13:27

       27 But behold, if a man shall come among you and shall say: Do

       this, and there is no iniquity; do that and ye shall not suffer;

       yea, he will say: Walk after the pride of your own hearts; yea,

       walk after the pride of your eyes, and do whatsoever your heart

       desireth—and if a man shall come among you and say this, ye will

       receive him, and say that he is a prophet.

      Helaman 13:28

       28 Yea, ye will lift him up, and ye will give unto him of your

       substance; ye will give unto him of your gold, and of your

       silver, and ye will clothe him with costly apparel; and because

       he speaketh flattering words unto you, and he saith that all is

       well, then ye will not find fault with him.

      Helaman 13:29

       29 O ye wicked and ye perverse generation; ye hardened and ye

       stiffnecked people, how long will ye suppose that the Lord will

       suffer you? Yea, how long will ye suffer yourselves to be led by

       foolish and blind guides? Yea, how long will ye choose darkness

       rather than light?

      Helaman 13:30

       30 Yea, behold, the anger of the Lord is already kindled against

       you; behold, he hath cursed the land because of your iniquity.

      Helaman 13:31

       31 And behold, the time cometh that he curseth your riches, that

       they become slippery, that ye cannot hold them; and in the days

       of your poverty ye cannot retain them.

      Helaman 13:32

       32 And in the days of your poverty ye shall cry unto the Lord;

       and in vain shall ye cry, for your desolation is already come

       upon you, and your destruction is made sure; and then shall ye

       weep and howl in that day, saith the Lord of Hosts. And then

       shall ye lament, and say:

      Helaman 13:33

       33 O that I had repented, and had not killed the prophets, and

       stoned them, and cast them out. Yea, in that day ye shall say: O

       that we had remembered the Lord our God in the day that he gave

       us our riches, and then they would not have become slippery that

       we should lose them; for behold, our riches are gone from us.

      Helaman 13:34

       34 Behold, we lay a tool here and on the morrow it is gone; and

       behold, our swords are taken from us in the day we have sought

       them for battle.

      Helaman 13:35

       35 Yea, we have hid up our treasures and they have slipped away

       from us, because of the curse of the land.

      Helaman 13:36

       36 O that we had repented in the day that the word of the Lord

       came unto us; for behold the land is cursed, and all things are

       become slippery, and we cannot hold them.

      Helaman 13:37

       37 Behold, we are surrounded by demons, yea, we are encircled

       about by the angels of him who hath sought to destroy our souls.

       Behold, our iniquities are great. O Lord, canst thou not turn

       away thine anger from us? And this shall be your language in

       those days.

      Helaman 13:38

       38 But behold, your days of probation are past; ye have

       procrastinated the day of your salvation until it is

       everlastingly too late, and your destruction is made sure; yea,

       for ye have sought all the days of your lives for that which ye

       could not obtain; and ye have sought for happiness in doing

       iniquity, which thing is contrary