Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, || And whoever is taking souls [is] wise.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
In Context
31Behold, the righteous is repaid in the earth, || Surely also the wicked and the sinner!
Cross References
Proverbs 3:18She [is] a tree of life to those laying hold on her, || And whoever is retaining her [is] blessed.
Proverbs 15:4A healed tongue [is] a tree of life, || And perverseness in it—a breach in the spirit.
Matthew 4:19and He says to them, “Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men,”
John 4:36And he who is reaping receives a reward, and gathers fruit to continuous life, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;
1 Thessalonians 2:19for what [is] our hope, or joy, or garland of rejoicing? Are not even you before our Lord Jesus Christ 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 →