THEOSISProverbs 11:29Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise.
עוֹכֵ֣ר בֵּ֭יתוֹ יִנְחַל־ר֑וּחַ וְעֶ֥בֶד אֱ֝וִ֗יל לַחֲכַם־לֵֽב׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Eccl 5:16All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.
- Prov 14:19The evil shall fall down before the good: and the wicked before the gates of the just.
- Hab 2:9Woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of the hand of evil.
- Hab 2:10Thou hast devised confusion to thy house, thou hast cut off many people, and thy soul hath sinned.
- Prov 15:27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house: but he that hateth bribes shall live. By mercy and faith sins are purged away: and by the fear of the Lord every one declineth from evil.
- Hos 8:7For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; and if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.
- 1 Sam 25:3Now the name of the man was Nabal: and the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a prudent and very comely woman: but her husband was churlish, and very bad and ill natured: and he was of the house of Caleb.
- 1 Sam 25:17Wherefore consider, and think what thou hast to do: for evil is determined against thy husband, and against thy house, and he is a son of Belial, so that no man can speak to him.