The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 120
Joseph 10
Patience paired with prayer and fasting is said to work great things for those who pursue them.
1e see therefore, my children, how great things patience worketh, and prayer with fasting.
2 And if ye therefore follow after sobriety and purity in patience and humility of heart, the Lord will dwell among you, because He loveth sobriety.
3 And wheresoever the Most High dwelleth, even though a man fall into envy, or slavery, or slander, the Lord who dwelleth in him, for his sobriety’s sake not only delivereth him from evil, but also exalteth and glorifieth him, even as me.
4 For in every way the man is guarded, whether in deed, or in word, or in thought.
5 My brethren know how my father loved me, and I was not exalted in my heart; although I was a child, I had the fear of God in my thoughts.
6 For I knew that all things should pass away, and I kept myself within bounds, and I honoured my brethren; and through fear of them I held my peace when I was sold, and revealed not my family to the Ishmaelites, that I was the son of Jacob, a great man and a mighty.
Did You Know?
Patience paired with prayer and fasting is said to work great things for those who pursue them.
Sobriety and purity kept in patience and humility of heart draw the Lord to dwell among the faithful.
Where the Most High dwells, sobriety can deliver a man from envy, slavery, or slander and exalt him.
A guarded man is protected in every way, whether in deed or in word or in thought.
Sold yet silent, he withheld from the Ishmaelites that he was son of Jacob, a great and mighty man.
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