Proverbs 11:30
The p'ri tzedek is Etz Chayyim, 1 and he that winneth nefashot is chacham (wise). 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
Cross References
Proverbs 3:18She is an Etz Chayyim (Tree of Life) to them that lay hold upon her; 1 and me'usher (blessed) is every one that holdeth her fast. 1
Proverbs 15:4A marpeh lashon (a tongue of healing) is an Etz Chayyim, 1 but selef (perversity) therein is crushing to the ruach (spirit). 1
Matthew 4:19And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says, Come, follow me, and I will make you daiyagei adam (fishers of men).
John 4:36The one harvesting receives wages and gathers p'ri (fruit) unto Chayyei Olam, that the one sowing and the other one harvesting may have simcha together.
1 Thessalonians 2:19For who is our tikvah or simcha or crown to glory in before Adoneinu Yehoshua at His Parousia, at the Bias Moshiach — is it not you?
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 →