Proverbs 11:30
פְּֽרִי ־ צַדִּיק עֵץ חַיִּים וְלֹקֵחַ נְפָשׂוֹת חָכָֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
In Context
29עוֹכֵר בֵּיתוֹ יִנְחַל ־ רוּחַ וְעֶבֶד אֱוִיל לַחֲכַם ־ לֵֽב ׃
31הֵן צַדִּיק בָּאָרֶץ יְשֻׁלָּם אַף כִּֽי ־ רָשָׁע וְחוֹטֵֽא ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 3:18עֵץ ־ חַיִּים הִיא לַמַּחֲזִיקִים בָּהּ וְֽתֹמְכֶיהָ מְאֻשָּֽׁר ׃ פ
Proverbs 15:4מַרְפֵּא לָשׁוֹן עֵץ חַיִּים וְסֶלֶף בָּהּ שֶׁבֶר בְּרֽוּחַ ׃
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 →