“The Laborer in Zion Shall Labor for Zion”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet

He who labor for that which is eternal shall receive that which is eternal. He who labors for that which is perishable shall perish. “Keep my commandments,” the Lord told the Latter-day Saints, “and seek to bring forth and establish the cause of Zion. Seek not for riches but for wisdom; and, behold, the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto you, and then shall you be made rich. Behold, he that hath eternal life is rich ” (D&C 11:6-7.)

Further, “if ye seek the riches which it is the will of the Father to give unto you, ye shall be the richest of all people, for ye shall have the riches of eternity; and it must needs be that the riches of the earth are mine to give; but beware of pride, lest ye become as the Nephites of old” (D&C 38:39; italics added; cf Jacob 2:18).

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 1

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