Nearly three thousand years ago, the Egyptian sage Amenemope wrote thirty short chapters of counsel for his youngest son — a quiet teaching about honesty, humility, and the high art of holding one's tongue. Unlike the boastful heroes of his age, Amenemope insists that true strength is the well-balanced heart: the person who does not cheat, oppress, or shout, who does not mock the poor or move the boundary-stone of a widow, and who trusts that a life lived in reverence needs no self-advertisement. In these pages that ancient voice is rendered into clear, inviting modern English — faithful to the meaning and spirit of the original papyrus, with a short introduction, glossary, and notes. Readers of biblical wisdom will recognize an older, echoing tradition here, serene and oddly contemporary. This volume opens a world treasury of scripture to today's reader without academic barriers. Part of The World Scriptures Library.