Proverbs 11:29
If you cause trouble in your family, you'll inherit nothing but air. Stupid people end up as servants to those who think wisely.
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28If you trust in your riches, you'll fall; but if you do good, you'll flourish like green leaves.
30The fruit of the good is a tree of life, and the wise person saves people.
Cross References
Genesis 34:30But Jacob criticized Simeon and Levi, telling them, “You've just caused me a lot of trouble! You've made me like a bad smell among the people in this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I only have a few men, and if these people gather to attack me, I and my whole family will be wiped out.”
1 Samuel 25:3The man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. She was a wise and beautiful woman, but her husband was cruel and treated people badly. He was a descendant of Caleb.
1 Samuel 25:38About ten days later the Lord struck Nabal down and he died.
Proverbs 15:27People greedy for ill-gotten gains make trouble for their families, but those who hate bribes will live.
Hosea 8:7Those who sow the wind will reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head of grain; it will produce no flour. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:29
28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. Observe, 1. Our riches will fail us when we are in the greatest need: He that trusts in them, as if they would secure him the favour of God and be his protection and portion, shall fall, as a man who lays his weight on a broken reed, which will not only disappoint him, but run into his hand and pierce him. 2. Our righteousness will stand us in stead when our riches fail us: The righteous shall then flourish as a branch, the… Read the whole commentary →