Trouble in the House (Proverbs 11:29)

The foolish person will never be entrusted with a responsibility so they will always be the servant and never the master.

"He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart." Proverbs 11:29, Amplified

To cause trouble to one's own house is a foolish thing to do. There is neither peace nor rest in a troubled house. Troubling one's own house is to inherit the wind. To try and catch the wind is futile. To try and harness the power of the wind or to control the wind is useless. No man can ever hold the wind in his hand and call it servant; no man can ever be master over the wind.

There is a book, eventually made into a movie, entitled "Inherit the Wind". The book is the story about the school system adopting the practice of teaching evolution to the children. It eventually became a court case and the side of evolution won. The book was called this because to teach children about evolution, that they are cosmic mistakes instead of intelligently designed beings is to trouble our house.

Then Solomon links the service of the fool to the inheritance of the wind. It is interesting how he does so. The inheritor of the wind is a foolish person. He will be a servant to the man with the true inheritance; the wise man. The wise man has a very tangible inheritance that he will use to lord over the fool. And please do not misunderstand; I do not mean that the wise are lords over fools, rather they take the place of master over those with less intelligence, possessions and position.