MaAt’s 42 Ideals

FORTY-TWO LAWS OF MAAT

I will not do wrong.

I will not steal.

I will not act in violence.

I will not kill.

I will not act unjustly.

I will not cause pain.

I will not waste food.

I will not lie.

I will not desecrate holy places.

I will not speak evil.

I will not abuse my sexuality.

I will not cause the shedding of tears.

I will not sow seeds of regret.

I will not be an aggressor.

I will not act guilefully.

I will not lay waste the plowed land

I will not bear false witness.

I will not set my mouth in motion

against any person.

I will not be wrathful and angry.

except for a just cause.

I will not copulate with a man's wife.

I will not copulate with a woman's husband.

I will not pollute thyself.

I will not cause terror.

I will not pollute the earth.

I will not speak in anger.

I will not turn from words of right and truth.

I will not utter curses.

I will not initiate a quarrel.

I will not be excitable or contentious.

I will not prejudge.

I will not be an eavesdropper.

I will not speak overmuch.

I will not commit treason against

my Ancestors.

I will not waste water.

I will not do evil.

I will not be arrogant.

I will not blaspheme NTR,

the One Most High.

I will not commit fraud.

I will not mistreat children.

I will not mistreat animals.

I will not defraud temple offerings.

I will not olunder the dead.