Proverbs 11:30
Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life; but the souls of transgressors are cut off before their time.
LXX2012 (US 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
Cross References
Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is a secure help to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.
Proverbs 15:4+ 15:4 Gr. the healing of the tongue. The wholesome tongue is a tree of life, and he that keeps it shall be filled with + 15:4 Gr. spirit. understanding.
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 →