Proverbs 11:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Those who trouble their households will inherit wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: And the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart. American Standard Version (1901) He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart. Common English Bible Those who trouble their family will inherit the wind. The fool will be servant to the wise. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever troubles his own house will possess the winds. And whoever is foolish will serve the wise. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise. |
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites; my numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.”
The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Those greedy for unjust gain make trouble for their households, but those who hate bribes will live.
This also is a grievous ill: just as they came, so shall they go, and what gain do they have from toiling for the wind?
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, foreigners would devour it.
Now, therefore, know this and consider what you should do, for evil has been decided against our master and against all his house; he is so ill-natured that no one can speak to him.”
Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife was Abigail. The woman was clever and beautiful, but the man was surly and mean; he was a Calebite.