Proverbs 11:29

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
• 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.

Context of Proverbs 11:29

27He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. 28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. 30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. 31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Proverbs 11:29 word by word

עוֹכֵ֣ר בֵּ֭יתוֹ יִנְחַל־ר֑וּחַ וְעֶ֥בֶד אֱ֝וִ֗יל לַחֲכַם־לֵֽב׃Read the interlinear

• 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 34:30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
• Joshua 7:24And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkeys, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
• 1 Samuel 25:3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
• Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
• Ecclesiastes 5:16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
• Hosea 8:7For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

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

Topics related to Proverbs 11:29

• Heart
• Prudence
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Poetry
• Profit
• Pursue
• Scatter
• Secret
• Smart
• Suretiship
• Surety
• Void
• Achan

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