English Standard Version
Proverbs 11:29
29Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 11:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind, And the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Those who bring trouble on their families inherit the wind. The fool will be a servant to the wise.
Context of Proverbs 11:29
27Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to him who searches for it. 28Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf. Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart. 30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise. 31If the righteous is repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:29 word by word
עוֹכֵ֣ר בֵּ֭יתוֹ יִנְחַל־ר֑וּחַ וְעֶ֥בֶד אֱ֝וִ֗יל לַחֲכַם־לֵֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- He that troublethעָכַר‛âkar · to troubleH5916
- his own houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- shall inheritנָחַלnâchal · to inheritH5157
- the windרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
- and the foolאֱוִיל'ĕvîyl · fool(ish)H191
- servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- to the wiseחָכָםchâkâm · wiseH2450
- of heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
Cross-references for Proverbs 11:29
- Genesis 34:30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me stink 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."
- Joshua 7:24And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.
- 1 Samuel 25:3Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite.
- Habakkuk 2:9"Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!
- Ecclesiastes 5:16This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind?
- Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.
Commentaries on Proverbs 11:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Shalt inherit the wind - He who dissipates his property by riotous living, shall be as unsatisfied as he who attempts to feed upon air.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29He that troubleth - The temper, nigardly and worrying, which leads a man to make those about him miserable, and proves but bad economy in the end.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29Verse 29 He that brings trouble upon himself and his family, by carelessness, or by wickedness, shall be unable to keep and enjoy what he gets, as a man is unable to hold the wind, or to satisfy himself with it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-3124-31. The scope of the whole is a comment on Pr 11:23. Thus liberality, by God's blessing, secures increase, while penuriousness, instead of expected gain, procures poverty.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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