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Proverbs 11:29

Parents and childrenWisdom

27 He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.

28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

31 If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

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BSB
He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
KJV
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
WEB
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
ASV
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
DARBY
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
BLB
The one troubling his own house will inherit the wind, and the fool [is] servant to the wise of heart.
ÅB
Den som setter sitt hus i ulag, skal arve vind, og dåren blir en tjener for den vise.
OTB
Den som bringer trøbbel over sin familie vil arve bare vind, og dåren vil tjene den vise.
B1930
Den som setter sitt hus i ulag, skal arve vind, og dåren blir en tjener for den vise.

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 5:16

    This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

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  • Proverbs 14:19

    The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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  • Proverbs 15:27

    He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

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  • Habakkuk 2:9–10

    Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

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  • 1 Samuel 25:17

    Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”

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  • 1 Samuel 25:38

    About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.

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  • Genesis 34:30

    Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

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  • Joshua 7:24–25

    Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.

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