The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 135
Benjamin 5
With a good mind, wicked men keep peace with you while the profligate reverence you and turn unto good.
1f 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.
2 If ye do well, even the unclean spirits shall flee from you; yea, the very beasts shall flee from you in dread.
3 For where the reverence for good works is present unto the mind, darkness fleeth away from him.
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.
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.
Did You Know?
With a good mind, wicked men keep peace with you while the profligate reverence you and turn unto good.
Doing well causes unclean spirits to flee from you, and even the beasts flee from you in dread.
When reverence for good works is present unto the mind, darkness fleeth away from that person.
Anyone injurious to a holy man later repents, because the holy man shows pity on his reviler and holds his peace.
Though a righteous man is humbled briefly while praying after betrayal, he soon appears far more glorious, even as Joseph.
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