Tobit 12:8
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
Prayer with fasting is good, but better than both is almsgiving with righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than wealth with wrongdoing. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold.

Contemporary English Version
It is good to pray sincerely. And it is better to be honest and generous to the poor than to be wealthy, but dishonest. You are better off giving to the poor than getting lots of gold,

New American Bible
Prayer with fasting is good. Almsgiving with righteousness is better than wealth with wickedness. It is better to give alms than to store up gold,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold.

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.

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.



(T To Tob Tobias)

Tobit 12:7
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