Tobit 12:9
Good News Translation
Such generosity will save you from death and will wash away all your sins. Those who give to the poor will live full lives,

New Revised Standard Version
For almsgiving saves from death and purges away every sin. Those who give alms will enjoy a full life,

Contemporary English Version
because giving to the poor saves you from death and washes away every sin. People who are generous to the poor will have a full life,

New American Bible
for almsgiving saves from death, and purges all sin. Those who give alms will enjoy a full life,

Douay-Rheims Bible
For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting.

Tobit 12:7
For it is good to hide the secret of a king: to reveal and confess the works of God.

Tobit 12:8
Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold.

Tobit 12:10
But they that commit sin and iniquity, are enemies to their own soul.

Tobit 12:11
I discover then the truth unto you, and I will not hide the secret from you.

Context
Tobit 12
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. 10But they that commit sin and iniquity, are enemies to their own soul.…
Cross References
Tobit 12:7
For it is good to hide the secret of a king: to reveal and confess the works of God.

Tobit 12:8
Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold.

Tobit 12:10
But they that commit sin and iniquity, are enemies to their own soul.

Tobit 12:11
I discover then the truth unto you, and I will not hide the secret from you.



(T To Tob Tobias)

Tobit 12:8
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