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Tobit 13:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" For he scourges, and shows mercy. He leads down to the grave, and brings up again. There is no one who will escape his hand. "

Tobit 13:2

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1 And Tobit wrote a prayer for rejoicing, and said, “Blessed is God who lives forever! Blessed is his kingdom!

2 For he scourges, and shows mercy. He leads down to the grave, and brings up again. There is no one who will escape his hand.

3 Give thanks to him before the Gentiles, all you children of Israel! For he has scattered us among them.

4 Declare his greatness, there. Extol him before all the living, because he is our Lord, and God is our Father forever.

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Tobit 13:1

"And Tobit wrote a prayer for rejoicing, and said, “Blessed is God who lives forever! Blessed is his kingdom!"

Tobit 13:3

"Give thanks to him before the Gentiles, all you children of Israel! For he has scattered us among them."

Tobit 13:4

"Declare his greatness, there. Extol him before all the living, because he is our Lord, and God is our Father forever."

Tobit 13:5

"He will scourge us for our iniquities, and will again show mercy, and will gather us out of all the nations among whom you are all scattered."

Tobit 13:6

"If you turn to him with your whole heart and with your whole soul, to do truth before him, then he will turn to you, and won’t hide his face from you. See what he will do with you. Give him thanks with your whole mouth. Bless the Lord of righteousness. Exalt the everlasting King. I give him thanks in the land of my captivity, and show his strength and majesty to a nation of sinners. Turn, you sinners, and do righteousness before him. Who can tell if he will accept you and have mercy on you?"

Tobit 13:7

"I exalt my God. My soul exalts the King of heaven, and rejoices in his greatness."

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