The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) · 127 of 141 · tr. R.H. Charles
Chapter XCVII
XCVII. The Evils in Store for Sinners and the Possessors of unrighteous Wealth . CHAPTER XCVII. 1. Believe, ye righteous, that the sinners will become a shame And perish in the day of unrighteousness. 2. Be it known unto you (ye sinners) that the Most High is mindful of your destruction, And the angels of heaven rejoice over your destruction. 3. What will ye do, ye sinners, And whither will ye flee on that day of judgement, When ye hear the voice of the prayer of the righteous? 4. Yea, ye shall fare like unto them, Against whom this word shall be a testimony: "Ye have been companions of sinners." 5. And in those days the prayer of the righteous shall reach unto the Lord, And for you the days of your judgement shall come. 6. And all the words of your unrighteousness shall be read out before the Great Holy One, And your faces shall be covered with shame, And He will reject every work which is grounded on unrighteousness. 7. Woe to you, ye sinners, who live on the mid ocean and on the dry land, Whose remembrance is evil against you. 8. Woe to you who acquire silver and gold in unrighteousness and say: "We have become rich with riches and have possessions; And have acquired everything we have desired. p. 139 9. And now let us do what we purposed: For we have gathered silver, 9 d And many are the husbandmen in our houses." 9 e And our granaries are (brim) full as with water, 10 Yea and like water your lies shall flow away; For your riches shall not abide But speedily ascend from you; For ye have acquired it all in unrighteousness, And ye shall be given over to a great curse.
§ Ask Guru about this passage →Themes
Cosmic Dualismtheology
Ontological opposition between two primal principles (light/darkness, truth/lie, spirit/matter) as the fundamental structure of reality.
The passage establishes a sharp dichotomy between the righteous and sinners, framing existence in terms of righteousness versus unrighteousness.
All passages →Divine Providencetheology
Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.
The text asserts that the divine actively orders the unfolding of judgment and destruction for sinners.
All passages →Eschatological Judgmentsoteriology
Final, collective cosmic judgment as an event in which the wicked are sentenced and the cosmos restored; distinct from psychopomp_journey (individual passage at death) and emphasising verdict where Zoroastrian frashokereti emphasises restoration.
[auto] The passage is centrally focused on the 'day of judgement' where sinners will perish and their unrighteousness be read out before the Great Holy One.
All passages →Living Godtheology
The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.
The Most High is depicted as actively mindful of destruction, rejecting works, and responding to the prayer of the righteous.
All passages →Prayerpraxis
Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.
The passage highlights the efficacy of the 'prayer of the righteous' which reaches the Lord and precipitates judgment.
All passages →Renunciation Of Wealthethics
The spiritual danger of attachment to material possessions; wealth as a spiritual obstacle.
[auto] The text explicitly condemns those who acquire silver and gold in unrighteousness, warning that such riches shall not abide.
All passages →Related passages · 6 parallels
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Shared concept: Cosmic Dualism — Ontological opposition between two primal principles (light/darkness, truth/lie, spirit/matter) as the fundamental structure of reality. (derived)
neoplatonism|Select Works of Plotinus|Select Works, Section 161
“Section 5 5. Still more unreasonably: There are men, bound to human bodies and subject to desire, grief, anger, who think so generously of their own faculty that they declare themselves in contact with the Intelligible World, but deny that…”
Shared concept: Divine Providence — Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity. (derived)
neoplatonism|Iamblichus: On the Mysteries|Chapter XXVII-a
“Moreover, neither is it sufficient to assert, “ that nature, art, and the sympathy of things in the universe, as if they were the parts of one animal, contain premanifestations of certain 188 things with reference to each other; nor that bo…”
Shared concept: Divine Providence — Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity. (derived)
native_american|The Soul of the Indian|Chapter I-b
“Sometimes an old man, standing upon the brink of eternity, might reveal to a chosen few the oracle of his long-past youth.
The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.
They forget…”
Shared concept: Renunciation Of Wealth — The spiritual danger of attachment to material possessions; wealth as a spiritual obstacle. (derived)
hermeticism|Corpus Hermeticum 13: The Discourse of Hermes to Tat|Section 1a
“The Secret Sermon on the Mountain <This dialogue is in many ways the culmination of the whole Corpus, summing up the theory of the Hermetic system at the same time as it provides an intriguing glimpse at the practice.
The focus of the dial…”
Shared concept: Prayer — Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward. (derived)
christian_mysticism|The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme|Chapter 13 (part 9)
“279 free will already in the beginning (of a desire) destroys the desire, so that it does not become substantial, then is the physician (for the cure of that disease) already born, and there will not be needed such great earnestness as will…”
Shared concept: Renunciation Of Wealth — The spiritual danger of attachment to material possessions; wealth as a spiritual obstacle. (derived)
Contrasts · where traditions diverge
christian_mysticism|Revelations of Divine Love|Chapter XXXVIII
“In Heaven "the token of sin is turned to worship."— Examples thereof Also God shewed that sin shall be no shame to man, but worship. For right as to every sin is answering a pain by truth, right so for every sin, to the same soul is given a…”
Both passages address the theme of sin and its consequences, but from opposite perspectives. Passage A emphasizes the transformative power of divine love, where sin is turned into worship and rewarded with bliss. Passage B, on the other hand, focuses on the judgment and punishment of sinners, highlighting their shame and destruction.
christian_mysticism|Revelations of Divine Love|Chapter XL-a
“"True love teacheth us that we should hate sin only for love." "To me was shewed no harder hell than sin." "God willeth that we endlessly hate the sin and endlessly love the soul, as God loveth it" This is a sovereign friendship of our cour…”
Both passages address the theme of sin and its consequences, but from opposite perspectives. Passage A emphasizes God's love and mercy in forgiving sin, while Passage B focuses on the judgment and punishment of sinners.
christian_mysticism|Revelations of Divine Love|Chapter XLVI-a
“"It is needful to see and to know that we are sinners: wherefore we deserve pain and wrath." "He is God: Good, Life, Truth, Love, Peace: His Clarity and His Unity suffereth Him not to be wroth" But our passing life that we have here in our…”
Both passages address the theme of sin and divine judgment, but they take opposite positions. Passage A emphasizes divine love and the impossibility of God being wroth, while Passage B focuses on the impending doom and punishment of sinners.
christian_mysticism|Revelations of Divine Love|Chapter LXIII-a
“"As verily as sin is unclean, so verily is it unkind"—a disease or monstrous thing against nature.
"He shall heal us full fair." Here may we see that we have verily of Nature to hate sin, and we have verily of Grace to hate sin.
For Natur…”
Both passages address the theme of sin and its consequences, but from opposite perspectives. Passage A emphasizes the healing and redemptive power of divine love and grace, while Passage B focuses on the judgment and punishment of sinners.