A small wooden house with an open glowing doorway stands beside a twisting column of windblown leaves in a stormy sepia landscape.

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Matthew Harrison Brady

Remember the wisdom of Solomon in the book of Proverbs. "He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind."

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker quotes a warning about bringing trouble into one's own home. To 'inherit the wind' suggests ending up with nothing solid to keep. The saying presents damage within a household as a loss for the person who causes it too.

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