Proverbs 11:30
New International Version
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives.

New Living Translation
The seeds of good deeds become a tree of life; a wise person wins friends.

English Standard Version
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.

Berean Standard Bible
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

King James Bible
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

New King James Version
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise.

New American Standard Bible
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And one who is wise gains souls.

NASB 1995
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is wise wins souls.

NASB 1977
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is wise wins souls.

Legacy Standard Bible
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is wise wins souls.

Amplified Bible
The fruit of the [consistently] righteous is a tree of life, And he who is wise captures and wins souls [for God—he gathers them for eternity].

Christian Standard Bible
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but a cunning person takes lives.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but violence takes lives.

American Standard Version
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life and the souls of the evil will be removed.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life; but the souls of transgressors are cut off before their time.

Contemporary English Version
Live right, and you will eat from the life-giving tree. And if you act wisely, others will follow.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth souls, is wise.

English Revised Version
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that is wise winneth souls.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The fruit of a righteous person is a tree of life, and a winner of souls is wise.

Good News Translation
Righteousness gives life, but violence takes it away.

International Standard Version
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who wins people is wise.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.

Literal Standard Version
The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, | And whoever is taking souls [is] wise.

Majority Standard Bible
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

New American Bible
The fruit of justice is a tree of life, and one who takes lives is a sage.

NET Bible
The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.

New Revised Standard Version
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but violence takes lives away.

New Heart English Bible
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he who plucks that life is wise.

Webster's Bible Translation
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

World English Bible
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

Young's Literal Translation
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls is wise.

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Context
Dishonest Scales
29He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart. 30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise. 31If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!…

Cross References
1 Corinthians 9:19
Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

James 5:20
consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.

Psalm 92:14
In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.

Proverbs 12:12
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

Proverbs 14:25
A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.


Treasury of Scripture

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.

fruit

Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

and

Daniel 12:3
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

Matthew 4:19
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

John 4:36
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

winneth

Luke 5:9,10
For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: …

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(30) The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life.--The righteous, by the performance of his duty to his neighbours, brings, as it were, life and healing (Revelation 22:2) to them, and "the wise man winneth souls," attracts them to himself, and induces them to follow his example.

Verse 30. - The fruit of righteousness (of the righteous) is a tree of life (Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 13:12); lignum vitae, Vulgate. That which the righteous say and do is, as it were, a fruitful tree which delights and feeds many. A good man's example and teaching promote spiritual health and lead to immortal life. Septuagint, "From the fruit of righteousness springeth a tree of life." And he that winneth souls is wise; rather, he that is wise winneth souls. The latter member is parallel to the former. He who gives men of the tree of life attracts souls to himself, to listen to his teaching and to follow his example. With this "winning of souls" we may compare Christ's promise to the apostles that they should "catch men" (Luke 5:10; comp. James 5:20). The Septuagint introduces an antithesis not found in our Hebrew text: "But the souls of transgressors are taken untimely away." Ewald and others change the present order of clauses in vers. 29 and 30, thinking thus to improve the parallelism. They would rearrange the passage in the following way: "He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; but the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart; but he that is wise winneth souls." There is no authority whatever in the versions or older commentators for this alteration; and the existing arrangement, as we have shown, gives a very good sense.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The fruit
פְּֽרִי־ (pə·rî-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6529: Fruit

of the righteous
צַ֭דִּיק (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6662: Just, righteous

is a tree
עֵ֣ץ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

of life,
חַיִּ֑ים (ḥay·yîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

and he who wins
וְלֹקֵ֖חַ (wə·lō·qê·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

souls
נְפָשׂ֣וֹת‪‬ (nə·p̄ā·śō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

[is] wise.
חָכָֽם׃ (ḥā·ḵām)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2450: Wise


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