Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of a righteous man is a tree of life; And the wise man winneth souls.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
In Context
29He that harasseth his household shall inherit wind; And the fool shall be the servant of the wise.
31Behold, the righteous man is requited on the earth; Much more the wicked man and the sinner!
Cross References
Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold of her, And happy is every one who hath her in his grasp.
Proverbs 15:4A mild tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a wound in the spirit.
Matthew 4:19And he saith to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
John 4:36Already is the reaper receiving wages, and gathering fruit unto everlasting life; that both the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
1 Thessalonians 2:19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Is it not even ye, in the presence of 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 →