# The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, chapter 104: Asher 2

Source: https://enocharchive.com/books/the-testaments-of-the-twelve-patriarchs/104 (Enoch Archive, public-domain translation).

**104:1** There is then, he saith, a soul which speaketh the good for the sake of the evil, and the end of the doing leadeth to mischief.

**104:2** There is a man who showeth no compassion upon him who serveth his turn in evil; and this thing hath two aspects, but the whole is evil.

**104:3** And there is a man that loveth him that worketh evil; he likewise dwelleth in evil, because he chooseth even to die in an evil cause for his sake: and concerning this it is clear that it hath two aspects, but the whole is an evil work.

**104:4** And though there is love, it is but wickedness concealing the evil, even as it beareth a name that seemeth good, but the end of the doing tendeth unto evil.

**104:5** Another stealeth, worketh unjustly, plundereth, defraudeth, and withal pitieth the poor: this, too, hath a twofold aspect, but the whole is evil.

**104:6** Defrauding his neighbour he provoketh God, and sweareth falsely against the Most High, and yet pitieth the poor: the Lord who commandeth the law he setteth at nought and provoketh, and refresheth the poor; he defileth the soul, and maketh gay the body; he killeth many, and he pitieth a few: and this, too, hath a twofold aspect.

**104:7** Another committeth adultery and fornication, and abstaineth from meats; yet in his fasting he worketh evil, and by his power and his wealth perverteth many, and out of his excessive wickedness worketh the commandments: this, too, hath a twofold aspect, but the whole is evil.

**104:8** Such men are as swine or hares; for they are half clean, but in very deed are unclean.

**104:9** For God in the Heavenly Tablets hath thus declared.

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