27 As a man who has trained a child well is kept in kindly remembrance; so also for a good work there is a good remembrance before God. (T12) 28 But him that doeth not that which is good, both angels and men shall curse, and God shall be dishonoured among the Gentiles through him, and the devil shall make him as his own peculiar instrument, and every wild beast shall master him, and the Lord shall hate him. (T12) 29 For the commandments of the law are twofold, and through prudence must they be fulfilled. (T12)
Testament of Naphtali 2:27–29
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