9 But the God of my fathers did not suffer him to fall into my hands, so that I should find him alone and slay him, and cause a second tribe to be destroyed in Israel. (T12) 10 And now, my children, behold I am dying, and I tell you of a truth, that unless ye keep yourselves from the spirit of lying and of anger, and love truth and longsuffering, ye shall perish. (T12) 11 For anger is blindness, and does not suffer one to see the face of any man with truth. (T12)
Testament of Dan 1:9–11
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