Proverbs 11:29

"Wind" here probably represents being left with nothing, something that cannot be grasped (Proverbs 27:16; Job 15:2; Ecclesiastes 1:14; Ecclesiastes 1:17; Isaiah 26:18; Jeremiah 5:13; Micah 2:11). It may also imply something bad and destructive such as the dreaded Palestinian sirocco (cf. Proverbs 11:17; Joshua 7:26). The foolish man who mismanages his accounts may also have to sell himself as a servant to the wise person who is a better manager. An example would be a person who gets too far in debt and has to sell all his possessions to pay off his creditors.