Proverbs 11:30
The fruite of the righteous is as a tree of life, and he that winneth soules, is wise.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
In Context
31Beholde, the righteous shalbe recompensed in the earth: howe much more the wicked and the sinner?
Cross References
Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.
Proverbs 15:4A wholesome tongue is as a tree of life: but the frowardnes therof is the breaking of ye minde.
Matthew 4:19And he sayd vnto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
John 4:36And he that reapeth, receiueth rewarde, and gathereth fruite vnto life eternall, that both he that soweth, and he that reapeth, might reioyce together.
1 Thessalonians 2:19For what is our hope or ioye, or crowne of reioycing? are not euen you it in the presence of our Lord Iesus Christ at his comming?
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 →