Proverbs 11:29

New King James Version

He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind, And the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

Cross References

Genesis 34:30

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.”

Proverbs 14:19

The evil will 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 will live.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

And this also is a severe evil— Just exactly as he came, so shall he go. And what profit has he who has labored for the wind?

Hosea 8:7

“They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud; It shall never produce meal. If it should produce, Aliens would swallow it up.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that one cannot speak to him.”

1 Samuel 25:3

The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And she was a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance; but the man was harsh and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.

1 Samuel 25:38

Then it happened, after about ten days, that the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.