The response Mormon writes for the priests of the church is that they continue to uphold the Nephite standards of egalitarianism. They import both the word of God and of their substance. They do not esteem themselves better than another. Note that they specifically were “all equal, and they did labor, every man according to his strength.” That is virtually the definition of what Benjamin and Mosiah preached about how Nephite society should be structured.
Included in the list of bad things they did not do is they did not wear costly apparel. Once again, it isn’t the apparel that was bad, it was the idea that when clothing is costly, there is something about it that creates divisions in society.
Finally, in verse 28, the result of this particular righteous behavior is that they begin “to have continual peace again.” They obeyed Jehovah, and they began to prosper.