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

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

What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.

For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,