26Don''t gamble on the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, hocking your house against a lucky chance.
27The time will come when you have to pay up; you''ll be left with nothing but the shirt on your back.
Proverbs 22 sits at a hinge in the book, blending traditional wisdom sayings with a new section (22:17–24:22) titled “The Words of the Wise.” The chapter opens with the familiar value of a good name over riches (v. 1), then moves through a series of couplets on humility, child-re
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