need." (see above) (Proverbs 23:4–5): "Toil not to become rich, And cease from dishonest gain; For wealth maketh to itself wings, Like an eagle that flieth heavenwards" (Amenemope, ch. 7): "Toil not after riches; If stolen goods are brought to thee, they remain not over night with thee. They have made themselves wings like geese. And have flown into the heavens." (Proverbs 23:9): "Speak not in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words" (Amenemope, ch. 21): "Empty not thine inmost soul to everyone, nor spoil (thereby) thine influence" (Proverbs 23:10): "Remove not the widows landmark; And enter not into the field of the fatherless." (Amenemope, ch. 6): "Remove not the landmark from the bounds of the field...and violate not the widows boundary" (Proverbs 23:12): "Apply thine heart unto instruction and thine ears to the words of knowledge" (Amenemope, ch. 1): "Give thine ears, hear the words that are said, give thine heart to interpret them." See also Sebayt Maat Ancient Egyptian literature Wisdom literature Notes References Black, James Roger. "The Instruction of Amenemope: A Critical Edition and Commentary—Prolegomenon and Prologue" (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2002). Boadt, Lawrence E. "Proverbs," in Dianne Bergant and Robert J. Karris, eds. The Collegeville Bible Commentary: Based on the New American Bible with Revised New Testament (Liturgical Press, 1989), 644-674. Bryce, Glendon E. A Legacy of Wisdom: the Egyptian Contribution to the Wisdom of Israel (Bucknell University Press, 1979) Budge, E. A. Wallis. By Nile and Tigris, a Narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the Years 1886 and 1913, 2 vols. (London: J. Murray, 1920). Budge, E. A. Wallis. "The Precepts of Life by Amen-em-Apt, the Son of Ka-Nekht," Recueil d'études égyptologiques dédiées à la mémoire de Jean-François Champollion à l'occasion du centenaire de la lettre à M. Dacier relative à l'alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques (Paris: E. Champion, 1922), 431-446. Budge, E. A. Wallis. Facsimiles of Egyptian Hieratic Papyri in the British Museum, with Descriptions, Summaries of Contents, etc., 2nd series (London: British Museum. Dept. of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, 1923), 5-6, 9-19, 41-51, plates I-XIV. Budge, E. A. Wallis. Teaching of Amen-Em-Apt, Son of Kanekht (London, 1924; reprinted Kessinger Publishing, 2003), . Eissfeldt, Otto. The Old Testament: An Introduction (tr. by P. R. Ackroyd; Harper & Row, 1965). Emerton, J. A. "The Teaching of Amenemope and Proverbs XXII