Tobit 14:9
King James VersionSource notes
“But keep thou the law and the commandments, and shew thyself merciful and just, that it may go well with thee.”
Context
6And all nations shall turn, and fear the Lord God truly, and shall bury their idols.
7So shall all nations praise the Lord, and his people shall confess God, and the Lord shall exalt his people; and all those which love the Lord God in truth and justice shall rejoice, shewing mercy to our brethren.
8And now, my son, depart out of Nineve, because that those things which the prophet Jonas spake shall surely come to pass.
9But keep thou the law and the commandments, and shew thyself merciful and just, that it may go well with thee.
10And bury me decently, and thy mother with me; but tarry no longer at Nineve. Remember, my son, how Aman handled Achiacharus that brought him up, how out of light he brought him into darkness, and how he rewarded him again: yet Achiacharus was saved, but the other had his reward: for he went down into darkness. Manasses gave alms, and escaped the snares of death which they had set for him: but Aman fell into the snare, and perished.
11Wherefore now, my son, consider what alms doeth, and how righteousness doth deliver. When he had said these things, he gave up the ghost in the bed, being an hundred and eight and fifty years old; and he buried him honourably.
12And when Anna his mother was dead, he buried her with his father. But Tobias departed with his wife and children to Ecbatane to Raguel his father in law,