8 Get wisdom in the fear of God with diligence; for though there be a leading into captivity, and cities and lands be destroyed, and gold and silver and every possession perish, the wisdom of the wise nought can take away, save the blindness of ungodliness, and the callousness that comes of sin. (T12) 9 For if one keep oneself from these evil things, then even among his enemies shall wisdom be a glory to him, and in a strange country a fatherland, and in the midst of foes shall prove a friend. (T12) 10 Whosoever teaches noble things and does them, shall be enthroned with kings, as was also Joseph my brother. (T12)
Testament of Levi 4:8–10
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