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Helaman 4:12 · Alma 5:55

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Book of Mormon Helaman 4:12
"it was because of the pride of their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor, withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek"
Book of Mormon Alma 5:55
"will you persist in turning your backs upon the poor, and the needy, and in withholding your substance from them"

Mormon's collapse-diagnosis (the cause of the great loss of the Nephites, 4:11) catalogs the same apostasy items Alma charged at Zarahemla: pride of heart + exceeding riches + withholding from the poor/hungry/naked + persecuting the humble. Alma 5:53 supplies the pride-and-costly-apparel half ('puffed up in the pride of your hearts… the wearing of costly apparel… setting your hearts upon… your riches'); Alma 5:55 the withhold-from-the-poor half (tightest single-verse end). The underlying covenant term is Benjamin's beggar doctrine (live mos-riches-impart, mos-riches-catalog, and the inversion alma-riches-catalog-inverted at Alma 4:12 -> Mosiah 4:26). Helaman 6:39 repeats the same template as Gadianton state policy ('trample under their feet and smite and rend and turn their backs upon the poor and the meek') -- cross-links secret-combinations.md. The link is the shared catalog of withheld relief, not verbatim wording, hence paraphrase.

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