Throughout the ancient Near East, there were wise men, scribes who both created and collected sagacious sayings. They were usually under patronage of royalty or the priesthood.
(The Origin of the Bible: Newly Updated by F. F. Bruce, J. I. Packer, Philip W. Comfort, and Carl F. H. Henry, 2020. Literature in Bible Times by Milton C. Fisher, Page 106-107)
Parallels
Proverbs 22:17-23:14 and The Wisdom of Amenemope are so similar, scholars debate who copied who.
(The Origin of the Bible: Newly Updated by F. F. Bruce, J. I. Packer, Philip W. Comfort, and Carl F. H. Henry, 2020. Literature in Bible Times by Milton C. Fisher, Page 107)