Proverbs 11:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.”
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“He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the fool to the wise of heart.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 11:29 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 34:30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
- Joshua 7:24Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.
- 1 Samuel 25:3His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
- 1 Samuel 25:17Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
- 1 Samuel 25:38About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
- Proverbs 14:19The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
- Proverbs 15:27He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
- Ecclesiastes 5:16This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
- Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
- Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
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