Given by: the narrator, describing how Tobit met his sudden blindness. Given to: the reader, as a model of steadfast faith; note this is narrated as Tobit's example, not a spoken command.

In a world quick to read misfortune as divine rejection, an exile who kept his reverence through sudden calamity witnessed to a faith deeper than his circumstances.

For whereas he had always feared God from his infancy, and kept his commandments, he repined not against God because the evil of blindness had befallen him,

When suffering falls upon you, do not grumble or turn resentful against God, but hold fast to your reverence for Him.

Tobit 2:13

Your Spirit

Loves God

Loves Neighbor

Your Body

Moral Behaviour