Proverbs 11:29

English Standard Version 2016

Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind?

Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.

Proverbs 15:27

Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live.

Proverbs 14:19

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

1 Samuel 25:38

And about ten days later the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know this and consider what you should do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him.”

1 Samuel 25:3

Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite.

Genesis 34:30

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me stink 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.”