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Proverbs 11:29

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He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.	He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.	The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He that troubleth^H5916 his own house^H1004 shall inherit^H5157 the wind^H7307: and the fool^H191 shall be servant^H5650 to the wise^H2450 of heart^H3820.

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Original Hebrew

עֹוכֵר בֵּיתֹו יִנְחַל־רוּחַ וְעֶבֶד אֱוִיל לַחֲכַם־לֵב׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
עוֹכֵ֣ר	o.Kher	H5916	HVqrmsa	(one who) troubles
בֵּ֭ית/וֹ	bei.t/o	H1004	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	household/ his
יִנְחַל	yin.chal-	H5157	HVqi3ms	he will inherit
ר֑וּחַ	Ru.ach	H7307	HNcbsa	wind
וְ/עֶ֥בֶד	ve./'E.ved	H5650	HC/Ncmsa	and/ (will be) a servant
אֱ֝וִ֗יל	'e.Vil	H191	HAamsa	a fool
לַ/חֲכַם	la./cha.kham-	H2450	HR/Aamsc	of/ (the) wise of
לֵֽב	Lev	H3820	HNcmsa	heart

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H191 — אֱוִיל (ʼĕvîyl, ev-eel'): from an unused root (meaning to be perverse); (figuratively) silly; fool(-ish) (man).
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H2450 — חָכָם (châkâm, khaw-kawm'): from חָכַם; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful); cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
• H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
• H5157 — נָחַל (nâchal, naw-khal'): a primitive root; to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate; divide, have (inheritance), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess(-ion).
• H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
• H5916 — עָכַר (ʻâkar, aw-kar'): a primitive root; properly, to roil water; figuratively, to disturb or affict; trouble, stir.
• H7307 — רוּחַ (rûwach, roo'-akh): from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• inherit — Ecclesiastes 5:16, Hosea 8:7
• that — Genesis 34:30, Joshua 7:24-25, 1 Samuel 25:3, 1 Samuel 25:17, 1 Samuel 25:38, Habakkuk 2:9-10

Reciprocal references (3): Proverbs 14:18, Proverbs 15:27, Proverbs 17:2

Related Topics

• Nave’s: HEART, PRUDENCE, SIN

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