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CI. Exhortation to the Fear of God: all Nature fears Him, but not the Sinners

Date of account: Composite work, broadly c. 300 BCE to 100 BCE
Source: The book of Enoch
Reference: The book of Enoch · selected passage 63
Rights: public_domain
Language: Ge'ez preserved in complete form; translated from earlier Semitic and Greek textual traditions
Translation: R. H. Charles, with W. O. E. Oesterley
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Observe the heaven, ye children of heaven, and every work of the Most High, and fear ye Him and work no evil in His presence

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CI. 1. Observe the heaven, ye children of heaven, and every work of the Most High, and fear ye Him and work no evil in His presence. 2. If He closes the windows of heaven, and withholds the rain and the dew from descending on the earth on your account, what will ye do then? 3. And if He sends His anger upon you because of your deeds, ye cannot petition Him; for ye spake proud and insolent words against His righteousness: therefore ye shall have no peace. 4. And see ye not the =sailors= of the ships, how their ships are tossed to and fro by the waves, and are shaken by the winds, and are in sore trouble? 5. And therefore do they fear because all their goodly possessions go upon the sea with them, and they have evil forebodings of heart that the sea will swallow them and they will perish therein.

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