Papyrus section 6

(6.1) If you encounter a disputant in his moment, a poor man who is not your equal, do not be aggressive against him because he is weak.

(6.2) Leave him alone, and he will confound himself. Do not answer him merely to relieve your heart; do not vent your heart against your opponent. Miserable is one who injures a poor man.”

(6.3) If you are a leader who directs the affairs of the multitude, seek out every worthy deed, until your conduct stands free of wrong.

(6.4) Justice is great, enduring in its power; it has not been disturbed since the time of Osiris. The transgressor of its laws is punished, though this escapes the greedy man.

(6.5) Wrong may carry off riches, but evil never brings its cargo safely into harbor. In the end, justice endures, and a man says, “This is my father’s ground.”

(6.6) Do not spread fear among people: god punishes in kind. One man says, “I shall live by this,” yet bread fails his mouth; another says, “I shall be rich,” then says, “My own cunning has ensnared me.”

(6.7) One man says, “I shall seize for myself,” and ends by giving to one he does not know. What people devise is not what comes to pass.

(6.8) When you imagine that your eye can discern and your heart can command, consider the designs of god. A man says, “I shall live,” not knowing what will happen; he says, “I shall prosper,” while his fate lies hidden.

(6.9) He gathers his plans and says, “I shall seize for myself”; yet when he reaches out his hand, what he sought is withheld from him. What people devise does not prevail.

(6.10) God’s command is what comes to pass. Therefore live at peace with what you have: what is given comes of itself.

(6.11) If you are a man of standing and establish a household, love your wife at home as is fitting. Fill her belly; clothe her back. Ointment is balm for her body. Gladden her heart as long as you live: she is a fruitful field for her lord.

(6.1) If you meet a disputant in his moment who is a poor man and not your equal, do not attack him because he is weak.

(6.2) Leave him alone, and he will punish himself. Do not answer him merely to relieve your heart; do not vent yourself against your opponent. It is painful for him.”

(6.3) The distressed man wants to pour out his heart even more than he wants what he came for to be done. As for one who rejects a petition, people say, “Why does he reject it?”

(6.4) Not everything a man petitions for can be granted, but a good hearing soothes the heart.

(6.5) If you want friendship to endure in a house you enter—as master, brother, or friend—

(6.6) then, wherever you enter, beware of approaching the women. No place where that is done turns out well.

(6.7) No face is watchful enough where they are concerned. A thousand men are turned away from what would benefit them.

(6.8) It is a brief moment, like a dream, and death is reached through knowing them.

(6.9) “The opponent” is a fitting name for it: when a man goes to do it, his heart rejects it.

(6.10) As for the man who fails through lusting after them, no plan will succeed in his hand.

(6.11) If you are a man of means, establish your household. Love your wife at home as is right. Fill her belly and clothe her back; ointment is the remedy for her body. Make her heart glad as long as you live.