Testament of Levi 13

¹And now, my children, I command you: Fear the Lord your God with your whole heart, And walk in simplicity according to all His law. ²And do ye also teach your children letters, That they may have understanding all their life, Reading unceasingly the law of God. ³For every one that knoweth the law of the Lord shall be honoured, And shall not be a stranger whithersoever he goeth. ⁴Yea, many friends shall he gain more than his parents, And many men shall desire to serve him, And to hear the law from his mouth. ⁵Work righteousness, therefore, my children, upon the earth, That ye may have (it) as a treasure in heaven. ⁶And sow good things in your souls, That ye may find them in your life. But if ye sow evil things, Ye shall reap every trouble and affliction. ⁷Get wisdom in the fear of God with diligence; For though there be a leading into captivity, And cities and lands be destroyed, And gold and silver and every possession perish, The wisdom of the wise nought can take away, Save the blindness of ungodliness, and the callousness (that comes) of sin. ⁸For if one keep oneself from these evil things, Then even among his enemies shall wisdom be a glory to him, And in a strange country a fatherland, And in the midst of foes shall prove a friend. ⁹Whosoever teaches noble things and does them, Shall be enthroned with kings, As was also Joseph my brother.