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Verse Proverbs 11:29. _SHALL INHERIT THE WIND_] He who dissipates his
property by riotous living, shall be as unsatisfied as he who attempts
to feed upon _air_....
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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....
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CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED
The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the
wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for
instruction. In the second v...
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PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found
in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group
(Proverbs 11:2;...
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THE WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.
FOOL. Hebrew. _'evil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7....
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_troubleth_ by churlish and niggardly ways. Comp. the story of Nabal,
1 Samuel 25.
_the wind_ Which shall drive away him and his possessions, Psalms 1:4;
or _the wind_may here be used to denote that w...
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HE THAT TROUBLETH HIS OWN HOUSE— That is, either dissipates his
substance by extravagance, or sows division and discord among his
friends and relations. Lord Bacon takes this for a profitable
admoniti...
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TEXT Proverbs 11:22-31
22.
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout,
So is a fair woman that is without discretion.
23.
The desire of the righteous is only good;
But the expectation of the wicked is...
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He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool
shall be servant to the wise of heart.
HE THAT TROUBLETH HIS OWN HOUSE SHALL INHERIT THE WIND. "He that
troubleth his own house...
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A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his
delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all
fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...
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1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs
20:10; Amos 8:5)....
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He throws his household into confusion by bad management,
arbitrariness, etc....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 11
V1 God hates false measurements.
God loves honest measurements.
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A person might expect to receive money from his parents. If he upsets
them, then he will get nothing. He will become poor. Perhaps he will
have to be someone’s poor servant. He must suffer, because he...
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HE THAT TROUBLETH HIS OWN HOUSE. — Possibly by his niggardliness and
avarice, as Proverbs 15:27.
SHALL INHERIT THE WIND. — Will get nothing for his pains.
THE FOOL (_‘evîl_)_. — _The self-willed, wh...
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עֹוכֵ֣ר בֵּ֭יתֹו יִנְחַל ־ר֑וּחַ וְ
עֶ֥בֶד א֝
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CHAPTER 12
GOODNESS
"The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6
"An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes
right in his way is the abomination of t...
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Verse Proverbs 11:7. The antithesis of this proverb is between the
condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the
expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
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He that troubleth his own (q) house shall inherit the wind: and the
fool [shall be] (r) servant to the wise of heart.
(q) The covetous men who spare their riches to the hinderance of their
families,...
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_House. By his profligacy, or law-suits, shall be impoverished, (ver.
17.; Calmet) or if he act with violence, he will make his house empty,
Ecclesiasticus iv. 35. (Menochius)_...
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The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be
watered also himself. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse
him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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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 th...
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He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool
[shall be] servant to the wise of heart.
Ver. 29. _He that troubleth his own house._] Either by prodigality, or
excessive parsimon...
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_He that troubleth his own house_ He who brings trouble upon himself
and children; either, 1st, By carelessness, sloth, improvidence,
prodigality, or any wickedness, whereby he consumes his estate: or...
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V. 29. HE THAT TROUBLETH HIS OWN HOUSE, his avarice causing him to
withhold from the members of his household their earnings or their
rightful keep, SHALL INHERIT THE WIND, gain nothing and come to
no...
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10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but
the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very
careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...
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HE THAT TROUBLETH HIS OWN HOUSE; he who bringeth trouble and misery
upon himself and children, either,
1. By carelessness, slothfulness, improvidence, prodigality, or any
wickedness, whereby he consu...
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Proverbs 11:29 troubles H5916 (H8802) house H1004 inherit H5157
(H8799) wind H7307 fool H191 servant H5650 wise
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THE RIGHTEOUS SEEK WHAT IS GOOD, FLOURISH BECAUSE THEY HAVE TRUE LIFE,
PRODUCING ITS FRUIT, AND WILL BE RECOMPENSED ON EARTH. THE UNRIGHTEOUS
SEARCH AFTER WHAT IS BAD, TRUST IN RICHES, ARE BROUGHT LOW...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them
we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
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Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A
dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be
but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
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_He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind._
FAMILY LIFE
I. Peace should be the grand aim of all the members of the domestic
circle. To trouble the house is an evil.
II. There Are some...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:23 The ultimate destinies of the WICKED
and the RIGHTEOUS (e.g., vv. Proverbs 11:23 and...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 11:29_
FOOLISH HOME RULERS
“THERE ARE MANY WAYS OF TROUBLING ONE’S OWN HOUSE.” Many sparks
fly from one anvil, but one is sufficient to set a house on fire. Some
home-de...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 11:1
A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The
repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
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Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter.
Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of
wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to
the next. S...
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1 Samuel 25:17; 1 Samuel 25:3; 1 Samuel 25:38; Ecclesiastes 5:16;...