1 Enoch 94:1-11

¹And now I say to you, my children: love righteousness and walk in it, for the paths of righteousness are worthy to be received, but the paths of iniquity shall suddenly perish and vanish.

²And to certain men of the generation the paths of violence and death shall be revealed, and they shall keep far from them and shall not follow them.

³And now to you I say, O righteous ones: do not walk in the evil way, nor in violence, nor in the paths of death, and do not draw near to them, lest you be destroyed.

⁴But seek and choose for yourselves righteousness and a chosen life, and walk in the paths of peace, that you may live and be worthy.

⁵And hold fast to my words in the thought of your heart, and let them not be blotted out from your heart; for I know that sinners will tempt men to practice evil wisdom, and that no place shall be found for her, and no temptation shall diminish.

⁶Woe to those who build iniquity and violence, and lay deceit as their foundation, for they shall suddenly be overthrown, and they shall have no peace.

⁷Woe to those who build their houses with sin, for from all their foundations they shall be overthrown, and by the sword they shall fall; and those who amass gold and silver shall swiftly perish in the judgment.

⁸Woe to you, you rich, for you have trusted in your riches, and from your riches you shall depart, because you have not remembered the Most High in the days of your wealth.

⁹You have committed blasphemy and iniquity, and you have become ready for the day of the shedding of blood, and for the day of darkness, and for the day of the great judgment.

¹⁰Thus I speak and declare to you: he who created you shall cast you down, and over your downfall there shall be no mercy, and your Creator shall rejoice at your destruction.

¹¹And your righteous ones in those days shall be a reproach to the sinners and to the ungodly.