# The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, chapter 135: Benjamin 5

Source: https://enocharchive.com/books/the-testaments-of-the-twelve-patriarchs/135 (Enoch Archive, public-domain translation).

**135:1** If ye have a good mind, my children, then will both wicked men be at peace with you, and the profligate will reverence you and turn unto good; and the covetous shall not only cease from their inordinate desire, but shall even give the fruits of their covetousness to them that are afflicted.

**135:2** If ye do well, even the unclean spirits shall flee from you; yea, the very beasts shall flee from you in dread.

**135:3** For where the reverence for good works is present unto the mind, darkness fleeth away from him.

**135:4** For if any one is injurious to a holy man, he repenteth; for the holy man showeth pity on his reviler, and holdeth his peace.

**135:5** And if any one betray a righteous soul, and the righteous man, though praying, be humbled for a little while, yet not long after he appeareth far more glorious, even as was Joseph my brother.

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