Proverbs 11:29

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.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:16

All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.

Hosea 8:7

For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; end if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.

Proverbs 15:27

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house: but he that hateth bribes shall live. By mercy and faith sins are purged away: and by the fear of the Lord every one declineth from evil.

Proverbs 14:19

The evil shall fall down before the good: and the wicked before the gates of the just.

1 Samuel 25:38

And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

1 Samuel 25:17

Wherefore consider, and think what thou hast to do: for evil is determined against thy husband, and against thy house. And he is a son of Belial, so that no man can speak to him.

1 Samuel 25:3

Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a prudent and very comely woman; but her husband was churlish, and very bad and ill-natured. And he was of the house of Caleb.

Genesis 34:30

And when they had boldly perpetrated these things, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have troubled me, and made me hateful to the Chanaanites and Pherezites, the inhabitants of this land. We are few: they will gather themselves together and kill me; and both I, and my house, shall be destroyed.