Proverbs 11:29

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What does Proverbs 11:29 mean?

Proverbs 11:29 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Proverbs 11:29

• Ecclesiastes 5:16

  And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

• Proverbs 14:19

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

• Proverbs 15:27

  He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

• Habakkuk 2:9-10

  Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.

• 1 Samuel 25:17

  Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

• 1 Samuel 25:38

  And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died.

• Genesis 34:30

  And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

• Joshua 7:24-25

  And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

• 1 Samuel 25:3

  Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

• Hosea 8:7

  For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

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Context

• Proverbs 11:28

  He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

• Proverbs 11:29

  He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

• Proverbs 11:30

  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

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