Helaman 6: 39

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THE BOOK OF HELAMAN

CHAPTER 6

39 And thus they did obtain the sole management of the government, insomuch that they did trample under their feet and smite and rend and turn their backs upon the ^apoor and the meek, and the humble followers of God.

Footnotes

39a

Ps. 109: 16 (15-16).

16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the ^apoor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

Ezek. 22: 7 (7-13).

7 In thee have they ^aset light by ^bfather and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by ^coppression with the ^dstranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the ^ewidow.

Amos 5: 12.

12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a ^abribe, and they ^bturn aside the ^cpoor in the gate from their right.

Alma 5: 55 (54-56).

55 Yea, and will you persist in turning your backs upon the ^apoor, and the needy, and in withholding your substance from them?

D&C 56: 16.

16 Wo unto you ^arich men, that will not ^bgive your substance to the ^cpoor, for your ^driches will canker your souls; and this shall be your lamentation in the day of visitation, and of judgment, and of indignation: The ^eharvest is past, the summer is ended, and my soul is not saved!