Pro 11:29, Ecc 5:16 | JFB | STEP | 29. troubleth —as explains, by greediness for gain (compare ). 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 11:29

29. troubleth—as Pr 15:27 explains, by greediness for gain (compare Pr 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.

16. Even supposing that he loses not his wealth before death, then at least he must go stripped of it all (Ps 49:17).

laboured for the wind— (Ho 12:1; 1Co 9:26).