The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 54
Judah 19
The love of money leads to idols because men led astray through it mention those who are no gods and fall into madness.
1y children, the love of money leadeth to idols; because, when led astray through money, men make mention of those who are no gods, and it causeth him who hath it to fall into madness.
2 For the sake of money I lost my children, and but for the repentance of my flesh, and the humbling of my soul, and the prayers of Jacob my father, I should have died childless.
3 But the God of my fathers, who is pitiful and merciful, pardoned me, because I did it in ignorance.
4 For the prince of deceit blinded me, and I was ignorant as a man and as flesh, being corrupted in sins; and I learnt my own weakness while thinking myself unconquerable.
Did You Know?
The love of money leads to idols because men led astray through it mention those who are no gods and fall into madness.
For the sake of money the speaker lost his children and nearly died childless without repentance of flesh, soul humbling, and Jacob's prayers.
The God of his fathers, who is pitiful and merciful, pardoned him because he did it in ignorance.
The prince of deceit blinded him, leaving him ignorant as a man and as flesh while he remained corrupted in sins.
He learnt his own weakness while thinking himself unconquerable after being corrupted in sins and blinded by the prince of deceit.
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