Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 11:29
29Whoever troubles his own household will inherit wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise-hearted.
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
27A person who diligently seeks good finds favor, but to one who searches for evil, evil comes to him! 28Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf. Whoever troubles his own household will inherit wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise-hearted. 30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever wins souls is wise. 31If the righteous is rewarded 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 34:30But Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You’ve brought trouble on me, making me a stench among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am but a few men—they’ll gather against me and strike me—then I’ll be destroyed, my household and I.”
- Joshua 7:24Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the mantle, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep and his tent, and all that he had, and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.
- 1 Samuel 25:3The man’s name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail. The woman was intelligent and beautiful, but the man, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
- Habakkuk 2:9Oy to one surely getting unjust gain for his house— to set his nest on high, to escape the reach of calamity!
- Ecclesiastes 5:16So, all his days he eats in darkness, and he has much grief, sickness, and humiliation.
- Hosea 8:7“For they sow wind, and reap a whirlwind. There is no mature grain— the sprout yields no meal. Should it produce anything, strangers would 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
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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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