Proverbs 11:29

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Fools who cause trouble in the family won't inherit a thing. They will end up as slaves of someone with good sense.

Cross References

Genesis 34:30

Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “Look what you've done! Now I'm in real trouble with the Canaanites and Perizzites who live around here. There aren't many of us, and if they attack, they'll kill everyone in my household.”

Proverbs 14:19

The wicked will come crawling to those who obey God.

Proverbs 15:27

Being greedy causes trouble for your family, but you protect yourself by refusing bribes.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

That's terribly unfair. They leave the world just as they came into it. They gained nothing from running after the wind.

Hosea 8:7

If you scatter wind instead of wheat, you will harvest a whirlwind and have no wheat. Even if you harvest grain, enemies will steal it all.

1 Samuel 25:17

He's a bully who won't listen to anyone. Isn't there something you can do? Please think of something! Or else our master and his family and everyone who works for him are all doomed.

1 Samuel 25:38

Ten days later, the LORD took his life.