8 Who love God and loved neither gold nor silver nor any of the good things which are in the world, but gave over their bodies to torture. (ENO) 9 Who, since they came into being, longed not after earthly food, but regarded everything as a passing breath, and lived accordingly, and the Lord tried them much, and their spirits were found pure so that they should bless His name. (ENO) 10 And all the blessings destined for them I have recounted in the books. And He hath assigned them their recompense, because they have been found to be such as loved heaven more than their life in the world, and though they were trodden under foot of wicked men, and experienced abuse and reviling from them and were put to shame, yet they blessed Me. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 108:8–10
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