1-2. Dear friend, pay close attention to this, my wisdom;listen very closely to the way I see it.Then you’ll acquire a taste for good sense;what I tell you will keep you out of trouble.
15-16. Do you know the saying, “Drink from your own rain barrel,draw water from your own spring-fed well”?It’s true. Otherwise, you may one day come homeand find your barrel empty and your well polluted.