Testament of Judah

Chapter 18

  1. 1 And I know what evils ye will do in the last days.]
  2. 2 Beware, therefore, my children, of fornication, and the love of money, and hearken to Judah your father.
  3. 3 For these things withdraw you from the law of God, And blind the inclination of the soul, And teach arrogance, And suffer not a man to have compassion upon his neighbour
  4. 4 They rob his soul of all goodness, And oppress him with toils and troubles, And drive away sleep from him, And devour his flesh.
  5. 5 And he hindereth the sacrifices of God; And he remembereth not the blessing of God, He hearkeneth not to a prophet when he speaketh, And resenteth the words of godliness.
  6. 6 For he is a slave to two contrary passions, And cannot obey God, Because they have blinded his soul, And he walketh in the day as in the night.