Proverbs 11:30
The righteous person will be like a tree of life, 1 but violence takes away lives. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
31Behold! The righteous person receives what he deserves; 1 how much more the wicked and the sinner!
Cross References
Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to those who take hold of it, 1 those who hold on to it are happy. 1
Proverbs 15:4A healing tongue is a tree of life, 1 but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit. 1
Matthew 4:19Jesus said to them, “Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
John 4:36He who is harvesting receives wages and gathers fruit for everlasting life, so that he who sows and he who harvests may rejoice together.
1 Thessalonians 2:19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of pride in front of our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you just as much as others?
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 →