John Trapp on Proverbs 11:29

Verſ. 29. Hee that troubleth his own houſe] Either by prodigality, or exceſſive parſimony, Prodigi ſingulis auribus bina aut terna dependent patrimonia, ſaith Seneca, wee have known great Rents ſoon turned into great Ruffes, and Lands into Laces. For parſimony and cruelty, ſee the Note on Chap. 15.27.

Shall inherit the wind] That is, ſhall bring all to nothing; as hee did that having waſted his eſtate, vainly vaunted that hee had left himſelf nothing, praeter coelum & coenum. Livius. His ſubſtance ſhall flye up like ſmoak into the air, and nothing bee left to maintain him on earth. And when all his goods are gone, his liberty muſt go after (for this fool ſhall bee ſervant to the wiſe in heart) if not, his life; as that notorious unthrift Apicius, who having eaten up his eſtate, and finding by his account that hee had no more than two hundred thouſand Crowns remaining,Dio. thought himſelf poor, and took down a glaſs of poyſon.