Tobit 4

In that day Tobit remembered ^athe money which he had committed to Gabael in Rages of Media, ²and said with himself, ^bI have wished for death; wherefore do I not call for my son Tobias, that I may signify to him of the money before I die? ³And when he had called him, he said,

My son, when I am dead, bury me; and ^cdespise not thy mother, ^dbut honour her all the days of thy life, and do that which shall please her, and grieve her not. ⁴Remember, my son, that she saw many dangers for thee, when thou wast in her womb; and when she is dead, bury her by me in one grave. ⁵My son, be mindful of the Lord our God all thy days, and ^elet not thy will be set to sin, or to transgress his commandments: do uprightly all thy life long, and follow not the ways of unrighteousness. ⁶For if thou deal truly, thy doings shall prosperously succeed to thee, and to all them that live justly.

^7fGive alms of thy substance; and when thou givest alms, ^glet not thine eye be envious, ^hneither turn thy face from any poor, and ⁱthe face of God shall not be turned away from thee. ^8jIf thou hast abundance, give alms accordingly: if thou have but a little, be not afraid to give according to that little: ⁹for thou ^klayest up a good treasure for thyself against the day of necessity. ¹⁰Because that ^lalms doth deliver from death, and suffereth not to come into darkness. ¹¹For alms is a good gift unto all that give it, in the sight of the most High. ^12mBeware of all whoredom, my son, and chiefly take a wife of the seed of thy fathers, and take not a strange woman to wife, which is not of thy father’s tribe: for we are the children of the ⁿprophets, Noe, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: remember, my son, that our fathers from the beginning, even that they all married wives of their own kindred, and were blessed in their children, and their seed shall inherit the land. ¹³Now therefore, my son, love thy brethren, and despise not in thy heart thy brethren, the sons and daughters of thy people, in not taking a wife of them: for ^oin pride is destruction and much trouble, and in ^plewdness is decay and great want: for ^pqlewdness is the mother of famine. ^14rLet not the wages of any man, which hath wrought for thee, tarry with thee, but give him it out of hand: for if thou serve God, he will also repay thee: be ^scircumspect, my son, in all things thou doest, and be wise ^tin all thy conversation. ^15uDo that to no man which thou hatest: ^xdrink not wine to make thee drunken: neither let drunkenness go with thee in thy journey. ^16yGive of thy bread to the hungry, and of thy garments to them that are naked; and ^zaccording to thine abundance give alms; and ^alet not thine eye be envious, when thou givest alms. ^17bPour out thy bread on the burial of the just, but give nothing to the wicked. ¹⁸Ask counsel of all that are wise, and despise not any counsel that is profitable. ¹⁹Bless the Lord thy God alway, and desire of him that ^cthy ways may be directed, and that all thy paths and counsels may prosper: for every nation hath not counsel; but ^dthe Lord himself giveth all good things, and he humbleth whom he will, as he will; now therefore, my son, remember my commandments, neither let them be put out of thy mind. ²⁰And now I signify this to thee, that I committed ten talents to Gabael the son of Gabrias at Rages in Media. ²¹And fear not, my son, that ^ewe are made poor: for ^fthou hast much wealth, if thou fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is pleasing in his sight.

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