Proverbs 11:29
Whoever is troubling his own house inherits wind, || And the fool [is] a servant to the wise of heart.
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28Whoever is confident in his wealth falls, || And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
30The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, || And whoever is taking souls [is] wise.
Cross References
Genesis 34:30And Jacob says to Simeon and to Levi, “You have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I [am] few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have struck me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.”
1 Samuel 25:3And the name of the man [is] Nabal, and the name of his wife [is] Abigail, and the woman [is] of good understanding, and of beautiful form, and the man [is] hard and evil [in his] doings; and he [is] a Calebite.
1 Samuel 25:38And it comes to pass [in] about ten days, that YHWH strikes Nabal and he dies,
Proverbs 15:27A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, || And whoever is hating gifts lives.
Hosea 8:7For wind they sow, and a windstorm they reap, || Stalk it has none—a shoot not yielding grain, || If so be it yield—strangers swallow it 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 →