Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 11:29

29. He that troubleth his own house , shall inherit the wind : and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart .

He who bringeth trouble and misery upon himself and Children, either 1. by carelesness, [illegible: 1+ letters]lothfulness, improvidence, prodigality, or any wickedness, whereby he consumeth his Estate. So this troubling of his House may be opposed to a Man's building of his House, Jer. 29. 28. Or 2. by covetous desires and restless endeavours to heap up Riches, whereby he greatly tires and troubles both himself and all his Family, with excessive cares and labours, which is called coveting an evil covetousness to his House, Habak. 2. 9.

Shall be as unable to keep and enjoy what he gets as a Man is to hold the VVind in his Fist, or to feed and satisfie himself with it: he shall be brought to poverty.

By which means such a troublesome fool shall through his extreme necessity be forced even to fell himself to such as are wiser.

Marginal references: Ch. 17. 2.