Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation "It is better to pray sincerely and to please God by helping the poor than to be rich and dishonest. It is better to give to the poor than to store up gold. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold. Tobit 12:6Then he said to them secretly, Bless ye the God of heaven, give glory to him in the sight of all that live, because he hath shewn his mercy to you. Tobit 12:7 For it is good to hide the secret of a king: to reveal and confess the works of God. Tobit 12:9 For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting. Tobit 12:10 But they that commit sin and iniquity, are enemies to their own soul. Context Tobit 12…7For it is good to hide the secret of a king: to reveal and confess the works of God. 8Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold. 9For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting.… Cross References Tobit 12:6 Then he said to them secretly, Bless ye the God of heaven, give glory to him in the sight of all that live, because he hath shewn his mercy to you. Tobit 12:7 For it is good to hide the secret of a king: to reveal and confess the works of God. Tobit 12:9 For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting. Tobit 12:10 But they that commit sin and iniquity, are enemies to their own soul. |