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The play's title comes from Proverbs 11:29, which in the King James Bible reads:

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:

and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

In Act 1, Scene 3, Brady admonishes Reverend Brown with this bible quote for alienating his daughter when he gives a fiery sermon against Cates.