Proverbs 11:29

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He who troubles his household will inherit wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.

Cross References

Genesis 34:30

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

Proverbs 14:19

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

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for unjust gain makes trouble for his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go; and what gain has he that he toiled 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 meal; if it were to yield, aliens would devour it.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know this and consider what you should do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is so ill-natured 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 of good understanding and beautiful, but the man was churlish and ill-behaved; he was a Calebite.

1 Samuel 25:38

And about ten days later the Lord smote Nabal; and he died.