Proverbs 11:30

“a tree of life--Blessings to others proceed from the works of the righteous (Pro 3:18). winneth souls--(Compare Margin) to do them good as opposed to Pro 6:25; Eze 13:18 (compare Luk 5:10).”

“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 “taketh the life” 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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“The fruit - His discourses and his whole conversation, is like the fruit of the tree of life. Winneth - That gains souls to God. Proverbs 11:31”

“fruit: Pro 3:18, Pro 15:4 and: Dan 12:3; Mat 4:19; Joh 4:36; Co1 9:19-23; Th1 2:19; Jam 5:20 winneth: Heb. taketh, Luk 5:9, Luk 5:10 Proverbs 11:31”

“30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And the wise man winneth souls. The lxx translate, ἐκ καρποῦ δικαιοσύνης φύεται δένδρον ζωῆς; Hitzig takes thence the word צדק; but this translation discredits itself by the unnatural reversal of the relation of fruit and tree. The fruit of the righteous is here not the good which his conduct brings to him, as Isa 3:10; Jer 32:19, but his activity itself proceeding from an internal impulse. This fruit is a tree of life. We need to supplement פּרי \[fruit\] as little here as ארח \[a traveller\] at Pro 10:17; for the meaning of the proverb is, that the fruit of the righteous, i.e., his external influence, itself is a tree of life, namely…”