Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Bible References
That
Genesis 34:30
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and my men being few in number, they will gather together against me and attack me and I will be destroyed, I and my household.”
Joshua 7:24
Then Joshua and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the mantle, the bar of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent and all that belonged to him; and they brought them up to the valley of Achor.
1 Samuel 25:3
(now the man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. And the woman was intelligent and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was a Calebite),
Habakkuk 2:9 “Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house
Toput his nest on high,
To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
To
To be delivered from the hand of calamity!