Proverbs 11:29

“troubleth--as Pro 15:27 explains, by greediness for gain (compare Pro 11:17). inherit . . . wind--Even successful, his gains are of no real value. So the fool, thus acting, either comes to poverty, or heaps up for others.”

“He that troubleth ... - The temper, nigardly and worrying, which leads a man to make those about him miserable, and proves but bad economy in the end. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Troubleth - He who brings trouble upon himself and children, either by prodigality, or by restless endeavours to heap up riches. Wind - Shall be as unable to keep what he gets as a man is to hold the wind in his hand. Proverbs 11:30”

“that: Gen 34:30; Jos 7:24, Jos 7:25; Sa1 25:3, Sa1 25:17, Sa1 25:38; Hab 2:9, Hab 2:10 inherit: Ecc 5:16; Hos 8:7 Proverbs 11:30”

“29 He that troubleth his own household shall inherit the wind, And a fool becomes servant to the wise in heart. Jerome well translates: qui conturbat domum suam, for עכר closely corresponds to the Lat. turbare; but with what reference is the troubling or disturbing here meant? The Syr. translates 29a doubly, and refers it once to deceit, and the second time to the contrary of avarice; the lxx, by ὁ μὴ συμπεριφερόμενος τῷ ἑαυτοῦ οἴκῳ, understands one who acts towards his own not unsociably, or without affability, and thus not tyrannically. But עכר שׁארו Pro 11:17, is he who does not grudge to his own body that which is necessary; עכר ישׂראל is applied to Elijah, Kg1 18:17, on…”