Instruction of Amenemope

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170 THE TEACHING OF AMEN-EM-APT LXXXI. 413. Make not for thyself ^ of iniquity. 414. They are the great auxiliaries of Death, 415. They are the great incentives to sloth [in respect of] honourable actions, 416. They are the guides who report for the herald [of judgement]. LXXXII. 417. Falsify not the things that make thee to wonder [written] on the roll, 418. For thus thou wilt be injuring (or, dis- arranging) the plans of God. LXXXIII. 419. Make no [attempt] to find for thyself the Divine Souls Will) of God, 420. Do not the god Shai (Luck) [and] the goddess Renenit (Destiny) exist ? LXXXIV. 421. Study to make to increase (or, flourish) the possessions of the lords of wealth, 422. Thou at the same time seeking for thyself the means of subsistence. 423. Never build thy heart in their houses {i.e., set not thy affections upon the houses they live in), 424. Thy carcase [being] in the house of slaughter. 425. Twenty-first Chapter. LXXXV. 426. (Col. XXII). Say not, " I have found a very chief of robbers,” i The determinative indicates some article of furniture, perhaps couch or bed ; the word is unknown to me.