Proverbs 11:29
"He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart."
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- 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?"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 14:19
"The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous."
Read in chapter → - Habakkuk 2:9
"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!"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 15:27
"He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live."
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 25:38
"And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died."
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - Joshua 7:24
"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."
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