Verse 13
Tobit 4:13
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical Books
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And now, my child, love thy brethren, and scorn not in thy heart thy brethren, and the sons and the daughters of thy people, to take a wife of them: for in scornfulness is destruction and much trouble, and in naughtiness is decay and great want: for naughtiness is the mother of famine.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר קַ֖יִן אֶל יְהוָ֑ה גָּד֥וֹל עֲוֺנִ֖/י מִ/נְּשֹֽׂא
English Translation
And Cain said to the LORD, "My sin is too great to bear."
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Chapter 4 Context
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In that day Tobit remembered concerning the money which he had left in trust with Gabael in Rages of...
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and he said in himself, I have asked for death; why do I not call my son Tobias, that I may shew to...
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And he called him, and said, My child, when I die, bury me: and despise not thy mother; honour her a...
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Remember, my child, that she hath seen many dangers for thee, when thou wast in her womb. When she...
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My child, be mindful of the Lord our God (Elohim) all thy days, and let not thy will be set to sin a...
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For if thou doest the truth, thy doings shall prosperously succeed to thee, and to all them that do...
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Give alms of thy substance; and when thou givest alms, let not thine eye be envious: turn not away t...
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As thy substance is, give alms of it according to thine abundance: if thou have little, be not afrai...
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for thou layest up a good treasure for thyself against the day of necessity:
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because alms delivereth from death, and suffereth not to come into darkness.
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Alms is a good gift in the sight of the Most High for all that give it.
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Beware, my child, of all whoredom, and take first a wife of the seed of thy fathers, and take not a...
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And now, my child, love thy brethren, and scorn not in thy heart thy brethren, and the sons and the...
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Let not the wages of any man, which shall work for thee, tarry with thee, but render it unto him out...
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And what thou thyself hatest, do to no man. Drink not wine unto drunkenness, and let not drunkenness...
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Give of thy bread to the hungry, and of thy garments to them that are naked: of all thine abundance...
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Pour out thy bread on the burial of the just, and give nothing to sinners.
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Ask counsel of every man that is wise, and despise not any counsel that is profitable.
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And bless the Lord thy God (Elohim) at all times, and ask of him that thy ways may be made straight,...
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And now I shew thee of the ten talents of silver, which I left in trust with Gabael the son of Gabri...
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And fear not, my child, because we are made poor: thou hast much wealth, if thou fear God (Elohim),...
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