Spreuken 11:29

29 Wie zijn huis beroert, zal wind erven; en de dwaas zal een knecht zijn desgenen, die wijs van hart is.

Spreuken 11:29 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 11:29

He that troubleth his own house
His family, his wife, and children, and servants; by being bitter to the one, and by provoking the others to wrath, and continually giving out menacing words to the rest; or through idleness, not providing for his family; or through an over worldly spirit, pushing on business, and hurrying it on beyond measure; or through a niggardly and avaricious temper, withholding meat and drink, and clothes convenient for them; see ( Proverbs 15:27 ) ; or through profuseness and prodigality. Such an one shall inherit the wind;
nothing but vanity and emptiness; he shall come to nothing, and get nothing; and what he does, be shall not keep, and on which he cannot live; and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart;
he who has both got and lost his substance in a foolish way shall be so reduced as to become a servant to him who has pursued wise measures, both in getting and keeping what he has; and to whom perhaps the fool formerly stood in the relation of a master. Such a change will be with respect to antichrist and the saints, ( Daniel 7:25-27 ) .

Spreuken 11:29 In-Context

27 Wie het goede vroeg nazoekt, zoekt welgevalligheid; maar wie het kwade natracht, dien zal het overkomen.

28 Wie op zijn rijkdom vertrouwt, die zal vallen; maar de rechtvaardigen zullen groenen als loof.

29 Wie zijn huis beroert, zal wind erven; en de dwaas zal een knecht zijn desgenen, die wijs van hart is.

30 De vrucht des rechtvaardigen is een boom des levens; en wie zielen vangt, is wijs.

31 Ziet, den rechtvaardige wordt vergolden op de aarde, hoeveel te meer den goddeloze en zondaar!