Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
BSB
ASV
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.
KJV
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
The fruit of righteousness and the tree of life is Christ. He alone, as man, fulfilled all righteousness. And with His own underived life He has brought forth the fruits of knowledge and virtue like a tree, whereof they that eat shall receive eternal life, and shall enjoy the tree of life in paradise, with Adam and all the righteous. But the souls of the unrighteous meet an untimely expulsion from the presence of God, by whom they shall be left to remain in the flame of torment.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life - עץ חיים ets chaiyim, “the tree of lives.” It is like that tree which grew in the paradise of God; increasing the bodily and mental vigor 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.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Daniel 12:3Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
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Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.
Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.
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James 5:20consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
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Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.