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Proverbs 11:30
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The seeds of good deeds become a tree of life; a wise person wins friends.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise wins souls.
A good person gives life to others; the wise person teaches others how to live.
The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.
The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
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].
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.
The fruyt of a riytful man is the tre of lijf; and he that takith soulis, is a wijs man.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that is wise winneth souls.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
Live right, and you will eat from the life-giving tree. And if you act wisely, others will follow.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.
The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and the wise winneth souls.
What good people produce is like a life-giving tree. Those who are wise give new life to others.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that is wise winneth souls.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life: and hee that winneth soules, is wise.
The fruit of those who are right with God is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but violence takes lives away.
The fruite of the righteous is as a tree of life, and he that winneth soules, is wise.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; but the souls of the wicked shall be driven out.
Righteousness gives life, but violence takes it away.
The fruit of the righteous, is a tree of life, and, he that rescueth souls, is wise.
The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth souls is wise.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.
The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise.
Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life; but the souls of transgressors are cut off before their time.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,and a wise person captivates people.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, and he who captures souls is wise.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he who takes hold of souls is wise.
The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls [is] wise.
The frute of the rightuous is as the tre of life, a wyse man also wynneth mens soules.
A good life is a fruit-bearing tree; a violent life destroys souls.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And one who is wise gains souls.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is wise wins souls.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,And he who is wise wins souls.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
fruit: Proverbs 3:18, Proverbs 15:4
and: Daniel 12:3, Matthew 4:19, John 4:36, 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, 1 Thessalonians 2:19, James 5:20
winneth: Heb. taketh, Luke 5:9, Luke 5:10
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:9 - tree of life Proverbs 10:16 - labour Proverbs 13:12 - a tree Proverbs 14:18 - the prudent Proverbs 18:21 - Death Proverbs 31:31 - of the Matthew 13:52 - which Matthew 18:15 - thou hast Matthew 23:34 - and wise John 15:5 - same John 15:16 - bring 1 Corinthians 7:16 - O wife 2 Corinthians 12:14 - for I 1 Timothy 3:1 - desireth James 3:18 - the fruit 1 Peter 3:1 - won Revelation 2:7 - the tree
Cross-References
Now the whole earth had one language and one speech.
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
Then they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
After he begot Arphaxad, Shem lived five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Salah.
Now Isaac pleaded with the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
Now there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children.
And he had two wives: the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
He grants the barren woman a home, Like a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life,.... Either the fruit which grows upon Christ, the tree of life, and which they receive from him; even all the blessings of grace, peace, pardon, righteousness, and life, Revelation 2:7; or the fruits which the righteous bring forth under the influence of divine grace; they are trees of righteousness, and are filled with the fruits of righteousness by Christ, and have their fruit unto holiness, and their end everlasting life. Aben Ezra interprets it,
"the fruit of the righteous is as the fruit of the tree of life;''
that is, lovely, beautiful, desirable, salutary, and issues in life;
and he that winneth souls [is] wise; antichrist trades in the souls of men, that is one part of his wares, Revelation 18:13; but his negotiations about them are to the loss, and not to the saving of them: whereas wise and faithful ministers of the word, such as are here described, use all prudent methods to gain and save the souls of men, 1 Corinthians 9:19; even their precious immortal souls, which are of more worth than a world, are the immediate production of God, made after his image, which by sin they come short of; and having sinned, are liable to eternal death; the redemption of which is precious; the charge of which Christ has taken, and therefore is called the Shepherd and Bishop of souls; and which he commits to the care of his under shepherds, who watch for them, as they that must give an account. To "win" them is to teach them, for the word g has the signification of teaching or doctrine; see Proverbs 4:2; the ministers of Christ are teachers, qualified and sent by him as such; and their business is to teach men their state by nature, how sinful, miserable, and helpless they are; and also Christ, and the way of life by him; that salvation is in him, and in no other; that justification is only by his righteousness, peace and pardon by his blood, and atonement by his sacrifice: they also teach various other things; as the fear of God, faith in Christ, love to him, and obedience to all his commands. To win souls is to proselyte them and convert them to the true religion; to bring them into a love and liking of it, and to embrace it: the souls that Abraham got or made in Haran are supposed to be such; and the same with those trained or instructed in his house, whom he armed for the rescue of Lot, Genesis 12:5; the former of which texts Jarchi compares with this, as explanative of it. The phrases of "turning many to righteousness", done by the "wise": and of "converting a sinner from the error of his way", whereby a "soul is saved from death", Daniel 12:3, are a proper comment on these words: which, moreover, may be rendered, "he that taketh souls" h; as a fort or castle is taken, and which is sometimes expressed by "winning"; see 2 Chronicles 32:1. The soul of man is a hold, and a strong hold, of foul spirits; it is Satan's palace or castle, which he keeps and holds against Christ, but is won and taken by him; which is usually done by means of the word, and the ministry of it, which are made effectual to the pulling down of strong holds, 2 Corinthians 10:4. Or the allusion is to the taking or catching of birds in a snare, or fishes in a net. The souls of men are got into the snare of the devil, and they are taken out from hence by breaking this snare; by which means they escape the hands of the fowler, Satan, and come into better hands: the old serpent laid a bait for our first parents, by which he gained his point, and that was the fruit of the forbidden tree; but the bait which wise men lay to catch souls is the fruit of the tree of life, mentioned in the former clause, the blessings of grace in Christ. Again, Christ's ministers are called "fishers" of men, and are said to "catch" men, Matthew 4:19; which they do by casting and spreading the net of the Gospel; the Gospel is the net; the world is the sea into which it is cast; where natural men are in their element, as fishes in the sea: the casting of the net is the preaching of the Gospel; and by means of this souls are caught and gathered in to Christ and his churches, Matthew 13:47. Once more, the words are by some rendered, "he that allures souls" i; which is done, not by the terrors of the law, but by the charming voice of the Gospel; by which souls are drawn to God and Christ, and brought among his people: and one that is an instrument of all this had need be "wise", and so he appears to be; he that teacheth men the knowledge of divine and spiritual things had need to be as he is, as a scribe well instructed in the kingdom of God; he who is to be the instrument of converting sinners must have a mouth and wisdom to address them in a proper manner; as he that wills a castle, or takes a fort, ought to have military skill as well as courage; and to cast a net well requires art as well as strength.
g ××§× "qui docet", Pagninus, Baynus, Mercerus, Gejerus. h "Capit", Vatablus, Tigurine version, Junius Tremellius, Piscator "capit salutari doctrina", Michaelis. i "Allicit", Drusius, Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Winneth souls - Better, a wise man winneth souls. He that is wise draws the souls of people to himself, just as the fruit of the righteous is to all around him a tree of life, bearing new fruits of healing evermore. The phrase is elsewhere translated by âtaketh the lifeâ 1 Kings 19:4; Psalms 31:13. The wise man is the true conqueror. For the Christian meaning given to these words, see the New Testament reference in the margin.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 11:30. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life — ×¢×¥ ×××× ets chaiyim, "the tree of lives." It is like that tree which grew in the paradise of God; increasing the bodily and mental vigour of those who ate of it.
He that winneth souls is wise. — Wisdom seeks to reclaim the wanderers; and he who is influenced by wisdom will do the same.
