Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of a rightful man is the tree of life; and he that taketh souls, is a wise man. (The fruit of righteousness is the tree of life; and he who winneth souls, is wise.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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 3:18It is a tree of life to them that take (hold of) it; and he that holdeth (onto) it, is blessed.
Proverbs 15:4A pleasant tongue is the tree of life; but the tongue that is unmeasurable [or untempered], shall defoul the spirit.
Matthew 4:19And he said to them, Come ye after me, and I shall make you to be made fishers of men.
John 4:36And he that reapeth taketh hire, and gathereth fruit into everlasting life, (or And he who harvesteth receiveth his wages, and gathereth crops for eternal life); (so) that both he that soweth, and he that reapeth, have joy together.
1 Thessalonians 2:19For why what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glory? Whether ye be not before our Lord Jesus Christ in his coming? (or Shall it not be you, when we stand before our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?)
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 →