Proverbs 11:29

King James 2000

He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:16

And this also is a great evil, that just as he came, so shall he go: and what profit has he who has labored for the wind?

Hosea 8:7

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: the stalk has no bud: it shall yield no meal: if so be it does yield, the aliens shall swallow it up.

Proverbs 15:27

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

Proverbs 14:19

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

1 Samuel 25:38

And it came to pass about ten days later, that the LORD struck Nabal, that he died.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, 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 she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was surly and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

Genesis 34:30

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me to make me repulsive among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.