Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls is wise.

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
but violence takes lives.

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

The fruit of a righteous man is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


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].

Bible in Basic English

The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.

Darby Translation

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and the wise winneth souls.

Julia Smith Translation

The fruit of the just a tree of life; and he taking souls is wise.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, and he who captures souls [is] wise.

Modern King James verseion

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he who takes souls is wise.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The fruit of the righteous is as the tree of life; a wise man also winneth men's souls.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

The fruit of the righteous, is a tree of life, and, he that rescueth souls, is wise.

Webster

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּרי 
P@riy 
Usage: 119

of the righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

is a tree
עץ 
`ets 
Usage: 329

of life
חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

and he that winneth
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

References

Easton

Watsons

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

29 Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant is the fool to the wise of heart. 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls is wise. 31 Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

Cross References

James 5:20

let him know that he who did turn back a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

Proverbs 3:18

A tree of life she is to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her is happy.

Daniel 12:3

And those teaching do shine as the brightness of the expanse, and those justifying the multitude as stars to the age and for ever.

Proverbs 15:4

A healed tongue is a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit.

Matthew 4:19

and he saith to them, 'Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'

Luke 5:9-10

for astonishment seized him, and all those with him, at the draught of the fishes that they took,

John 4:36

'And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain;

1 Thessalonians 2:19

for what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? are not even ye before our Lord Jesus Christ in his presence?

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