The Collected Works of Joseph Smith - Joseph Smith Jr.

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those of the fourth generation who shall live, of your enemies,

       to behold your utter destruction; and this shall surely come

       except ye repent, saith the Lord; and those of the fourth

       generation shall visit your destruction.

      Helaman 13:11

       11 But if ye will repent and return unto the Lord your God I

       will turn away mine anger, saith the Lord; yea, thus saith the

       Lord, blessed are they who will repent and turn unto me, but wo

       unto him that repenteth not.

      Helaman 13:12

       12 Yea, wo unto this great city of Zarahemla; for behold, it is

       because of those who are righteous that it is saved; yea, wo unto

       this great city, for I perceive, saith the Lord, that there are

       many, yea, even the more part of this great city, that will

       harden their hearts against me, saith the Lord.

      Helaman 13:13

       13 But blessed are they who will repent, for them will I spare.

       But behold, if it were not for the righteous who are in this

       great city, behold, I would cause that fire should come down out

       of heaven and destroy it.

      Helaman 13:14

       14 But behold, it is for the righteous' sake that it is spared.

       But behold, the time cometh, saith the Lord, that when ye shall

       cast out the righteous from among you, then shall ye be ripe for

       destruction; yea, wo be unto this great city, because of the

       wickedness and abominations which are in her.

      Helaman 13:15

       15 Yea, and wo be unto the city of Gideon, for the wickedness

       and abominations which are in her.

      Helaman 13:16

       16 Yea, and wo be unto all the cities which are in the land

       round about, which are possessed by the Nephites, because of the

       wickedness and abominations which are in them.

      Helaman 13:17

       17 And behold, a curse shall come upon the land, saith the Lord

       of Hosts, because of the people's sake who are upon the land,

       yea, because of their wickedness and their abominations.

      Helaman 13:18

       18 And it shall come to pass, saith the Lord of Hosts, yea, our

       great and true God, that whoso shall hide up treasures in the

       earth shall find them again no more, because of the great curse

       of the land, save he be a righteous man and shall hide it up unto

       the Lord.

      Helaman 13:19

       19 For I will, saith the Lord, that they shall hide up their

       treasures unto me; and cursed be they who hide not up their

       treasures unto me; for none hideth up their treasures unto me

       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

      

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