Proverbs 11:29
The one who brings trouble on his own household will inherit the wind 1 and the fool will become a servant to the wise of heart. 1
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28Those who trust in their riches will fall, 1 but like the leaf, righteous people will flourish. 1
30The righteous person will be like a tree of life, 1 but violence takes away lives. 1
Cross References
Genesis 34:30Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me, to make me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. If they gather themselves together against me and attack me, then I will be destroyed, I and my household.”
1 Samuel 25:3The man's name was Nabal, and the name of his wife was Abigail. The woman was intelligent and beautiful in appearance. But the man was harsh and evil in his dealings. He was a descendant of the house of Caleb.
1 Samuel 25:38It came about ten days later that Yahweh attacked Nabal so that he died.
Proverbs 15:27The robber brings trouble to his family, 1 but the one who hates bribes will live. 1
Hosea 8:7For the people sow the wind 1 and reap the whirlwind. 1 The standing grain has no heads; 1 it yields no flour. 1 If it does come to maturity, 1 foreigners will devour it. 1
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 →