1In truth, after this, when there was a feast day of the Lord, and a good dinner had been prepared in the house of Tobit,stylusEsther 7:10, Daniel 6:14, Daniel 6:18, Esther 7:10, Daniel 6:142he said to his son: “Go, and bring some others who fear God from our tribe to feast with us.”stylus1 Kings 1:2, 1 Kings 1:2, Genesis 12:14, Esther 6:14, Esther 1:103And after he had gone, returning, he reported to him that one of the sons of Israel, with his throat cut, was lying in the street. And immediately, he leapt from his place reclining at table, left behind his dinner, and went forth with fasting to the body.stylusEsther 1:1, Esther 1:2, Esther 1:1, Esther 1:2, Isaiah 3:184And taking it up, he carried it in secret to his house, so that, after the sun had set, he might bury him cautiously.stylusMatthew 20:16, Matthew 14:6, Matthew 20:16, Matthew 14:6, 2 Samuel 16:215And after he had hidden the body, he chewed his bread with mourning and fear,stylusEsther 5:1, 1 Samuel 9:1, Esther 10:3, 2 Samuel 16:5, Esther 2:36remembering the word that the Lord spoke through the prophet Amos: “Your feast days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning.”stylus2 Kings 24:14, 2 Kings 24:15, 2 Kings 24:14, 2 Kings 24:15, Jeremiah 24:17Truly, when the sun had set, he went out, and he buried him.stylusEsther 2:15, Esther 2:15, Ephesians 6:4, Ephesians 6:4, Daniel 1:68Yet all his neighbors argued with him, saying: “Now, an order was given to execute you because of this matter, and you barely escaped a death sentence, and again you are burying the dead?”stylusEsther 2:3, Esther 2:3, Esther 2:15, Esther 2:159But Tobit, fearing God more than the king, stole away the bodies of the slain and concealed them in his house, and in the middle of the night, he buried them.stylusGenesis 39:21, Proverbs 16:7, Genesis 39:21, Proverbs 16:7, Esther 2:310But it happened one day, being tired from burying the dead, he came into his house, and he threw himself down next to the wall, and he slept.stylusMatthew 10:16, Esther 2:20, Matthew 10:16, Esther 2:20, Ephesians 6:111And, as he was sleeping, warm droppings from a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind.stylusGenesis 37:14, 1 Samuel 17:18, Genesis 37:14, 1 Samuel 17:18, Acts 15:3612And so the Lord permitted this trial to befall him, in order that an example might be given to posterity of his patience, which is even like that of holy Job.stylus1 Thessalonians 4:4, 1 Thessalonians 4:5, 1 Thessalonians 4:4, 1 Thessalonians 4:5, Isaiah 57:913For, even from his infancy, he had always feared God and kept his commandments, so he was not discouraged before God because of the scourge of blindness that had befallen him.stylus14But he remained immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life.stylusEsther 4:11, Esther 4:11, Isaiah 45:4, Deuteronomy 21:14, Isaiah 62:415For just as kings have mocked blessed Job, so also his relatives and acquaintances ridiculed his life, saying:stylusEsther 2:3, Song of Solomon 6:9, Esther 2:3, Song of Solomon 6:9, Esther 9:2916“Where is your hope, on behalf of which you gave alms and buried the dead?”stylusEsther 8:9, Esther 8:9, Esther 2:3, Ezra 7:8, Esther 2:117In truth, Tobit corrected them, saying: “Do not speak in this way,stylusPsalms 113:7, Psalms 113:8, Psalms 113:7, Psalms 113:8, Luke 1:4818for we are the sons of the holy ones, and we look forward to that life which God will give to those who never change in their faith before him.”stylusEsther 9:22, Luke 14:8, Nehemiah 8:11, Song of Solomon 5:1, Revelation 11:1019In truth, his wife Anna went out to weaving work daily, and she brought back the provisions that she was able to obtain by the labor of her hands.stylusEsther 2:21, Esther 2:21, Esther 2:3, Esther 2:4, Esther 2:320Whereupon it happened that, having received a young goat, she brought it home.stylusEsther 2:10, Ephesians 6:1, Ephesians 6:3, Esther 2:10, Ephesians 6:121When her husband heard the sound of its bleating, he said, “Look, so that it might not be stolen, return it to its owners, for it is not lawful for us either to eat, or to touch, anything stolen.”stylusEsther 6:2, Esther 6:2, 2 Samuel 16:11, 2 Kings 9:22, 2 Kings 9:2422At this, his wife, being angry, answered, “Clearly, your hope has become vanity, and the manner of your almsgiving has become apparent.”stylusEsther 6:1, Esther 6:2, Esther 6:1, Esther 6:2, Acts 23:1223And with these and other similar such words, she reproached him.stylusGenesis 40:22, Esther 10:2, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 40:22, Esther 10:2