Proverbs 11:29

Modern King James Version

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise in heart.

Cross References

Genesis 34:30

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me, to make me stink among those who live in the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And I, being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and kill me. And I shall be destroyed, my house and I.

Proverbs 14:19

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

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

And this also is a sore evil, that in all, as he came, so shall he go; and what profit does he have who has labored for the wind?

Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal; if it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

1 Samuel 25:17

And now know and consider what you will do, for evil is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is a son of worthlessness, so that none can speak to him.

1 Samuel 25:3

And the man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. And she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful form. But the man was cruel and evil in his dealings. And he was of Caleb.

1 Samuel 25:38

And it happened about ten days afterward Jehovah struck Nabal so that he died.