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The Testament of Gad Concerning Hatred

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Section 5

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5. Hatred is evil, because it continually abideth with

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lying

,

speaking

against

the

truth

;

and

it

maketh

small

things

to

be

great

,

and

giveth

heed

to

darkness

as

to

light

,

and

calleth

the

sweet

bitter

,

and

teacheth

slander

,

and

war

,

and

violence

,

and

every

excess

of

evil

;

and

it

filleth

the

heart

with

devilish

poison

.

And

these

things

I

say

to

you

from

experience

,

my

children

,

that

ye

may

flee

hatred

,

and

cleave

to

the

love

of

the

Lord

.

Righteousness

casteth

out

hatred

,

humility

destroyeth

hatred

.

For

he

that

is

just

and

humble

is

ashamed

to

do

wrong

,

being

reproved

not

of

another

,

but

of

his

own

heart

,

because

the

Lord

vieweth

his

intent

:

he

speaketh

not

against

any

man

,

because

the

fear

of

the

Most

High

overcometh

hatred

.

For

,

fearing

lest

he

should

offend

the

Lord

,

he

will

not

do

any

wrong

to

any

man

,

no

,

not

even

in

thought

.

These

things

I

learnt

at

last

,

after

that

I

had

repented

concerning

Joseph

.

For

true

repentance

after

a

godly

sort

destroyeth

unbelief

,

and

driveth

away

the

darkness

,

and

enlighteneth

the

eyes

,

and

giveth

knowledge

to

the

soul

,

and

guideth

the

mind

to

salvation

;

and

those

things

which

it

hath

not

learnt

from

man

,

it

knoweth

through

repentance

.

For

God

brought

upon

me

a

disease

of

the

heart

;

and

had

not

the

prayers

of

Jacob

my

father

intervened

,

it

had

hardly

failed

that

my

spirit

had

departed

.

For

by

what

things

a

man

transgresseth

,

by

the

same

also

is

he

punished

.

For

in

that

my

heart

was

set

mercilessly

against

Joseph

,

in

my

heart

too

I

suffered

mercilessly

,

and

was

judged

for

eleven

months

,

for

so

long

a

time

as

I

had

been

envious

against

Joseph

until

he

was

sold

.

Notes

5
[Wis. xi. 16.]