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* In that day Tobit remembered the money which he had committed to Gabael in Rages of Media , * And said with himself , I have wished for death ; wherefore do I not call for my son Tobias that I may signify to him of the money before I die ? * And when he had called him , he said , My son , when I am dead , bury me ; and despise not thy mother , but honour her all the days of thy life , and do that which shall please her , and grieve her not . * Remember , my son , that she saw many dangers for thee , when thou wast in her womb : and when she is dead , bury her by me in one grave . * My son , be mindful of the Lord our God all thy days , and let not thy will be set to sin , or to transgress his commandments : do uprightly all thy life long , and follow not the ways of unrighteousness . * For if thou deal truly , thy doings shall prosperously succeed to thee , and to all them that live justly . * Give alms of thy substance ; and when thou givest alms , let not thine eye be envious , neither turn thy face from any poor , and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee . * If thou hast abundance give alms accordingly : if thou have but a little , be not afraid to give according to that little : * For thou layest up a good treasure for thyself against the day of necessity . * Because that alms do deliver from death , and suffereth not to come into darkness . * For alms is a good gift unto all that give it in the sight of the most High . * Beware of all whoredom , my son , and chiefly take a wife of the seed of thy fathers , and take not a strange woman to wife , which is not of thy father 's tribe : for we are the children of the prophets , Noe , Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob : remember , my son , that our fathers from the beginning , even that they all married wives of their own kindred , and were blessed in their children , and their seed shall inherit the land . * Now therefore , my son , love thy brethren , and despise not in thy heart thy brethren , the sons and daughters of thy people , in not taking a wife of them : for in pride is destruction and much trouble , and in lewdness is decay and great want : for lewdness is the mother of famine . * Let not the wages of any man , which hath wrought for thee , tarry with thee , but give him it out of hand : for if thou serve God , he will also repay thee : be circumspect my son , in all things thou doest , and be wise in all thy conversation . * Do that to no man which thou hatest : drink not wine to make thee drunken : neither let drunkenness go with thee in thy journey . * Give of thy bread to the hungry , and of thy garments to them that are naked ; and according to thine abundance give alms : and let not thine eye be envious , when thou givest alms . * Pour out thy bread on the burial of the just , but give nothing to the wicked . * Ask counsel of all that are wise , and despise not any counsel that is profitable . * Bless the Lord thy God alway , and desire of him that thy ways may be directed , and that all thy paths and counsels may prosper : for every nation hath not counsel ; but the Lord himself giveth all good things , and he humbleth whom he will , as he will ; now therefore , my son , remember my commandments , neither let them be put out of thy mind . * And now I signify this to they that I committed ten talents to Gabael the son of Gabrias at Rages in Media . * And fear not , my son , that we are made poor : for thou hast much wealth , if thou fear God , and depart from all sin , and do that which is pleasing in his sight .

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