Proverbs 11:29

A Conservative Version

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. And a foolish man shall be servant to a wise man of heart.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:16

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit has he that he labored for the wind?

Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The blade shall yield no meal. If so be it yields, strangers shall swallow it up.

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy of gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.

Proverbs 14:19

The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

1 Samuel 25:38

And it came to pass about ten days after, that LORD smote Nabal, so that he died.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know and consider what thou will do, for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house. For he is such a worthless fellow that [a man] cannot speak to him.

1 Samuel 25:3

Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance, but the man was churlish and evil in his doings, and he was of the house of Caleb.

Genesis 34:30

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smit