Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Proverbs 11:29
troubleth—as Proverbs 15:27 explains, by greediness for gain (compare Proverbs 11:17).
inherit . . . wind—Even successful, his gains are of no real value. So the fool, thus acting, either comes to poverty, or heaps up for others.
Proverbs 11:24-31
The scope of the whole is a comment on Proverbs 11:23. Thus liberality, by God's blessing, secures increase, while penuriousness, instead of expected gain, procures poverty.
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