Proverbs 11:29

New Century Version

Whoever brings trouble to his family will be left with nothing but the wind. A fool will be a servant to the wise.

Cross References

Genesis 34:30

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have caused me a lot of trouble. Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites who live in the land will hate me. Since there are only a few of us, if they join together to attack us, my people and I will be destroyed.”

Proverbs 14:19

Evil people will bow down to those who are good; the wicked will bow down at the door of those who do right.

Proverbs 15:27

Greedy people bring trouble to their families, but the person who can’t be paid to do wrong will live.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This, too, is real misery: They leave just as they came. So what do they gain from chasing the wind?

Hosea 8:7

“Israel’s foolish plans are like planting the wind, but they will harvest a storm. Like a stalk with no head of grain, it produces nothing. Even if it produced something, other nations would eat it.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now think about it, and decide what you can do. Terrible trouble is coming to our master and all his family. Nabal is such a wicked man that no one can even talk to him.”

1 Samuel 25:3

His name was Nabal, and he was a descendant of Caleb. His wife was named Abigail. She was wise and beautiful, but Nabal was cruel and mean.

1 Samuel 25:38

About ten days later the Lord struck Nabal and he died.