A good wife is her husband's pride and joy; but a wife who brings shame on her husband is like a cancer in his bones.

Wise sayings are too deep for stupid people to understand. They have nothing to say when important matters are being discussed.

"Appoint judges and other officials in every town that the LORD your God gives you. These men are to judge the people impartially.

His parents are to take him before the leaders of the town where he lives and make him stand trial.

Boaz went to the meeting place at the town gate and sat down there. Then Elimelech's nearest relative, the man whom Boaz had mentioned, came by, and Boaz called to him, "Come over here, my friend, and sit down." So he went over and sat down.

Whenever the city elders met and I took my place among them,