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Worldliness

See also Money; Pride; Riches; Vain, Vanity

Unrighteous desires and efforts for temporal riches and material goods while forsaking spiritual things.

  • For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?:Matt. 16:26;
  • They set their hearts upon the vain things of the world:Alma 4:8; ( Alma 31:27; )
  • Lay aside the things of this world:D&C 25:10;
  • Men’s hearts are set so much upon the things of this world:D&C 121:35;