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Helaman 12
Chapter 12

Helaman 12:1
1 And thus we can behold how false, and also the unsteadiness of
the hearts of the children of men; yea, we can see that the Lord
in his great infinite goodness doth bless and prosper those who
put their trust in him.

Helaman 12:2
2 Yea, and we may see at the very time when he doth prosper his
people, yea, in the increase of their fields, their flocks and
their herds, and in gold, and in silver, and in all manner of
precious things of every kind and art; sparing their lives, and
delivering them out of the hands of their enemies; softening the
hearts of their enemies that they should not declare wars against
them; yea, and in fine, doing all things for the welfare and
happiness of his people; yea, then is the time that they do
harden their hearts, and do forget the Lord their God, and do
trample under their feet the Holy One--yea, and this because of
their ease, and their exceedingly great prosperity.

Helaman 12:3
3 And thus we see that except the Lord doth chasten his people
with many afflictions, yea, except he doth visit them with death
and with terror, and with famine and with all manner of
pestilence, they will not remember him.

Helaman 12:4
4 O how foolish, and how vain, and how evil, and devilish, and
how quick to do iniquity, and how slow to do good, are the
children of men; yea, how quick to hearken unto the words of the
evil one, and to set their hearts upon the vain things of the
world!

Helaman 12:5
5 Yea, how quick to be lifted up in pride; yea, how quick to
boast, and do all manner of that which is iniquity; and how slow
are they to remember the Lord their God, and to give ear unto his
counsels, yea, how slow to walk in wisdom's paths!

Helaman 12:6
6 Behold, they do not desire that the Lord their God, who hath
created them, should rule and reign over them; notwithstanding
his great goodness and his mercy towards them, they do set at
naught his counsels, and they will not that he should be their
guide.

Helaman 12:7
7 O how great is the nothingness of the children of men; yea,
even they are less than the dust of the earth.

Helaman 12:8
8 For behold, the dust of the earth moveth hither and thither,
to the dividing asunder, at the command of our great and
everlasting God.

Helaman 12:9
9 Yea, behold at his voice do the hills and the mountains
tremble and quake.

Helaman 12:10
10 And by the power of his voice they are broken