Proverbs 11:29

Easy To Read Version

If a person causes trouble for his family, then he will gain nothing. And in the end, the foolish person will be forced to serve the wise person.

Cross References

Genesis 34:30

But Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have given me much trouble. All the people in this place will hate me. All the Canaanite people and the Perizzite people will turn against me. There are only a few of us. If the people in this place gather together to fight against us, then I will be destroyed. And all our people will be destroyed with me.”

Proverbs 14:19

Good people will win against evil people. Evil people will be forced to bow down to them.

Proverbs 15:27

If a person cheats to get things, then he will bring trouble to his family. But if a person is honest, then he will have no trouble.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

That is very sad. He will leave the world the same way he came. So, what does a person gain from his “trying to catch the wind”?

Hosea 8:7

The Israelites \{did a foolish thing\}—it was like trying to plant the wind. But \{they will get only troubles\}—they will harvest a whirlwind. The grain in the fields will grow. It will give no food. Even if it grew something, strangers would eat it.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now think about it and decide what you can do. Nabal was foolish to say the things he did! Terrible trouble is coming to our master (Nabal) and all his family.”

1 Samuel 25:3

This man’s name was Nabal. [197] He was from Caleb’s family. Nabal’s wife was named Abigail. She was a wise and beautiful woman. But Nabal was a mean and cruel man.

1 Samuel 25:38

About ten days later, the Lord caused Nabal to die.