for they will provide a long and full life, and they will add well-being to you.

Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well.

by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges.

When the righteous do well, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is joy.

With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

Fear the Lord, my child, as well as the king, and do not associate with rebels,

Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.

Her husband is well-known in the city gate when he sits with the elders of the land.