The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 10
Simeon 3
Envy rules over the whole mind of a man and suffers him neither to eat, nor to drink, nor to do any good thing.
1nd now, children, take heed of the spirit of deceit and of envy.
2 For envy ruleth over the whole mind of a man, and suffereth him neither to eat, nor to drink, nor to do any good thing: it ever suggesteth to him to destroy him that he envieth; and he that is envied ever flourisheth, but he that envieth fades away.
3 Two years of days I afflicted my soul with fasting in the fear of the Lord, and I learnt that deliverance from envy cometh by the fear of God.
4 If a man flee to the Lord, the evil spirit runneth away from him, and his mind becometh easy.
5 And henceforward he sympathizeth with him whom he envied, and condemneth not those who love him, and so ceaseth from his envy.
Did You Know?
Envy rules over the whole mind of a man and suffers him neither to eat, nor to drink, nor to do any good thing.
The spirit of envy ever suggests destroying the envied, yet the envied flourishes while the one who envies fades away.
For two years of days he afflicted his soul with fasting and learnt that deliverance from envy comes by the fear of God.
If a man flee to the Lord, the evil spirit runneth away from him and his mind becometh easy.
Once free he sympathizes with him whom he envied, condemns not those who love him, and ceases from envy.
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