Proverbs 11:30
The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise.
Bible (Bishops')
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 ryghteous be recompensed vpon earth: howe much more then the vngodly and the sinner?
Cross References
Proverbs 3:18The path of the righteous shineth, as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day.
Proverbs 15:4A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.
Matthew 4:19And he saith vnto them: Folowe me, and I wyl make you fysshers of men.
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 →