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Helaman 7:5

Condemning the righteous because of their righteousness; letting the guilty and the wicked go unpunished because of their money; and moreover to be held in office at the head of government, to rule and do according to their wills, that they might get gain and glory of the world, and, moreover, that they might the more easily commit adultery, and steal, and kill, and do according to their own wills—

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Helaman 7:5

Condemning the righteous because of their righteousness; letting the guilty and the wicked go unpunished because of their money; and moreover to be held in office at the head of government, to rule and do according to their wills, that they might get gain and glory of the world, and, moreover, that they might the more easily commit adultery, and steal, and kill, and do according to their own wills—

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2 Nephi 9 — O the Wisdom of God — Jacob's Great Atonement Sermon
3 Nephi 24 — Like a Refiner's Fire — The Messenger of the Covenant and the Windows of Heaven
3 Nephi 30 — Hearken, O Ye Gentiles — The Closing Call to Come and Be Numbered
Helaman 2 — Expert in Many Words — Gadianton Rises and a Servant Saves the Seat
Helaman 9 — Blood on the Skirts of His Cloak — The Seer and the Hidden Murder
Helaman 13 — The Lamanite on the Wall — Samuel and the Curse of Slippery Riches
Helaman 15 — Because He Loveth You — Chastening, Steadfastness, and the Lamanites' Promise
Jacob 2 — Tender Feelings Wounded — Jacob's Temple Sermon on Pride, Riches, and the David-Solomon Sin
Mosiah 11 — King Noah and the First Cry of Abinadi — A King Whose Heart Is Set on Riches, a Prophet Who Comes Among the People to Say Repent or Be Brought Into Bondage
Mosiah 29 — The Reign of the Judges Established — Mosiah's Epistle on the Voice of the People, the Danger of the Unrighteous King, How Much Iniquity One Wicked King Causes, and Alma the Younger Chosen Chief Judge
1 Kings 21 — The Vineyard Hard by the Palace — Naboth's Costly No, Jezebel's Letters, the Blood the Dogs Licked, and the Sackcloth That Moved Heaven

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read Helaman 7:5 in context.