Article Title

"Slippery Treasures" in the Book of Mormon: A Concept from the Ancient World

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Keywords

Samuel the Lamanite, slippery treasures, Book of Mormon, Nephite prophecy

Abstract

In calling the Nephites to repentance, Samuel the Lamanite warned that "the time cometh that [the Lord] curseth your riches, that they become slippery, that ye cannot hold them; and in the days of your poverty ye cannot retain them" (Helaman 13:31). In that day the Nephites would lament, "We have hid up our treasures and they have slipped away from us, because of the curse of the land. 0 that we had repented in the day that the word of the Lord came unto us; for behold the land is cursed, and all things are become slippery, and we cannot hold them" (vv. 35-36).

Recommended Citation

(2000) ""Slippery Treasures" in the Book of Mormon: A Concept from the Ancient World," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 20: No. 6, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol20/iss6/3