fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold:
[9] For alms doth deliver from death, and shall purge away all sin. Those that exercise alms and righteousness shall be filled with life:
[10] But they that sin are enemies to their own life.
[11] Surely I will keep close nothing from you. For I said, It was good to keep close the secret of a king, but that it was honourable to reveal the works of God.
[12] Now therefore, when thou didst pray, and Sara thy daughter in law, I did bring the remembrance of your prayers before the Holy One: and when thou didst bury the dead, I was with thee likewise.
[13] And when thou didst not delay to rise up, and leave thy dinner, to go and cover the dead, thy good deed was not hid from me: but I was with thee.
[14] And now God hath sent me to heal thee and Sara thy daughter in law.
[15] I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One.
[16] Then they were both troubled, and fell upon their faces: for they feared.
[17] But he said unto them, Fear not, for it shall go well with you; praise God therefore.
[18] For not of any favour of mine, but by the will of our God I came; wherefore praise him for ever.
[19] All these days I did appear unto you; but I did neither eat nor drink, but ye did see a vision.
[20] Now therefore give God thanks: for I go up to him that sent me; but write all things which are done in a book.
[21] And when they arose, they saw him no more.
[22] Then they confessed the great and wonderful works of God, and how the angel of the Lord had appeared unto them.

Tob.13

[1] Then Tobit wrote a prayer of rejoicing, and said, Blessed be God that liveth for ever, and blessed be his kingdom.
[2] For he doth scourge, and hath mercy: he leadeth down to hell, and bringeth up again: neither is there any that can avoid his hand.
[3] Confess him before the Gentiles, ye children of Israel: for he hath scattered us among them.
[4] There declare his greatness, and extol him before all the living: for he is our Lord, and he is the God our Father for ever.
[5] And he will scourge us for our iniquities, and will have mercy again, and will gather us out of all nations, among whom he hath scattered us.
[6] If ye turn to him with your whole heart, and with your whole mind, and deal uprightly before him, then will he turn unto you, and will not hide his face from you. Therefore see what he will do with you, and confess him with your whole mouth, and praise the Lord of might, and extol the everlasting King. In the land of my captivity do I praise him, and declare his might and majesty to a sinful nation. O ye sinners, turn and do justice before him: who can tell if he will accept you, and have mercy on you?
[7] I will extol my God, and my soul shall praise the King of heaven, and shall rejoice in his greatness.
[8] Let all men speak, and let all praise him for his righteousness.
[9] O Jerusalem, the holy city, he will scourge thee for thy children's works, and will have mercy again on the sons of the righteous.
[10] Give praise to the Lord, for he is good: and praise the everlasting King, that his tabernacle may be builded in thee again with joy, and let him make joyful there in thee those that are captives, and love in thee for ever those that are miserable.
[11] Many nations shall come from far to the name of the Lord God with gifts in their hands, even gifts to the King of heaven; all generations shall praise thee with great joy.
[12] Cursed are all they which hate thee, and blessed shall all be which love thee for ever.
[13] Rejoice and be glad for the children of the just: for they shall be gathered together, and shall bless the Lord of the just.
[14] O blessed are they which love thee, for they shall rejoice in thy peace: blessed are they which have been sorrowful for all thy scourges; for they shall rejoice for thee, when they have seen all thy glory, and shall be glad for ever.
[15] Let my soul bless God the great King.
[16] For Jerusalem shall be built up with sapphires and emeralds, and precious stone: thy walls and towers and battlements with pure gold.
[17] And the streets of Jerusalem shall be paved with beryl and carbuncle and stones of Ophir.
[18] And all her streets shall say, Alleluia; and they shall praise him, saying, Blessed be God, which hath extolled it for ever.

Tob.14

[1] So Tobit made an end of praising God.
[2] And he was eight and fifty years old when he lost his sight, which was restored to him after eight years: and he gave alms, and he increased in the fear of the Lord God, and praised him.
[3] And when he was very aged he called his son, and the sons of his son, and said to him, My son, take thy children; for, behold, I am aged, and am ready to depart out of this life.
[4] Go into Media my son, for I surely believe those things which Jonas the prophet spake of Nineve, that