Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
In Context
31If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!
Cross References
Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.
Proverbs 15:4A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.
Matthew 4:19And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
John 4:36He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.
1 Thessalonians 2:19For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:30
29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. Two extremes in the management of family-affairs are here condemned and the ill consequences of them foretold:—1. Carefulness and carnal policy, on the one hand. There are those that by their extreme earnestness in pursuit of the world, their anxiety about their business and fretfulness about their losses, their strictness with their servants and their niggardliness towards their families, trouble their… Read the whole commentary →