Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous, is a tree of life, and, he that rescueth souls, is wise.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
In Context
31Lo! the righteous, in the earth shall be recompensed, how much more the lawless and the sinner.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:18A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her,—and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.
Proverbs 15:4Gentleness of the tongue, is a tree of life, but, crookedness therein, a grievous wound in the spirit.
Matthew 4:19and he saith unto them, Come after me,—and I will make you fishers, of men.
John 4:36he that reapeth, receiveth, a reward, and gathereth fruit unto life age-abiding; that, he that soweth, together may rejoice, with him that reapeth.
1 Thessalonians 2:19For what shall be our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? Shall not even, ye, before our Lord Jesus, in his Presence?
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 →