Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit — His discourses and his whole conversation, is like the fruit of the tree of life. Winneth — That gains souls to God.
The fruit — His discourses and his whole conversation, is like the fruit of the tree of life. Winneth — That gains souls to God.
Verse Proverbs 11:30. _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 me...
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 he...
CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for instruction. In the second v...
PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group (Proverbs 11:2;...
WINNETH. taketh, or catcheth....
_the fruit of the righteous_ We should rather perhaps have expected the proverb to run, "the righteous (himself) is a tree of life," in his beneficent influence upon others (Revelation 22:2); but the...
DISCOURSE: 778 THE WISDOM OF WINNING SOULS Proverbs 11:30. _He that winneth souls, is wise_. REAL piety is operative, and influential on the whole life; and discovers itself very principally in labou...
TEXT Proverbs 11:22-31 22. As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, So is a fair woman that is without discretion. 23. The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is...
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; AND HE THAT WINNETH SOULS IS WISE - (.) "The fruit" which "the righteo...
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...
11:30 souls. (a-15) Or 'he that winneth souls is wise.' All the adjectives in vers. 29-31 are in the singular. In general this is denoted by the addition of '[man].'...
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5)....
We can bring God’s life to other people. Our wisdom can show other people the way to God. This is another reason to learn God’s wisdom....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. v
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 winne...
פְּֽרִי ־צַ֭דִּיק עֵ֣ץ חַיִּ֑ים וְ לֹקֵ֖חַ נְ
CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination of t...
Verse Proverbs 11:7. The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that (s) winneth souls [is] wise. (s) That is, brings them to the knowledge of God....
CHAPTER XI. _ Life. Producing excellent fruits of virtue and edification._...
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
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, righteo...
The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise. Ver. 30. _The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,_] _i.e., _ The commodities and comforts that one may every...
_The fruit of the righteous_ Which he produceth; namely, his piety and charity, his instructions, reproofs, exhortations, and prayers; his interest in heaven, and his influence on earth, are _a tree o...
V. 30. THE FRUIT OF THE RIGHTEOUS, all his deeds, as an outflow of the faith of his heart and the integrity of his life, IS A TREE OF LIFE, a fountain of blessing to all who come into contact with him...
WINNETH: _ Heb._ taketh...
10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...
THE FRUIT OF THE RIGHTEOUS, i.e. which he produceth; his discourses and his whole conversation. IS A TREE OF LIFE; is like the fruit of the tree of life; is a great preserver of his life, and a procur...
Proverbs 11:30 fruit H6529 righteous H6662 tree H6086 life H2416 wins H3947 (H8802) souls H5315 wise H2450...
THE RIGHTEOUS SEEK WHAT IS GOOD, FLOURISH BECAUSE THEY HAVE TRUE LIFE, PRODUCING ITS FRUIT, AND WILL BE RECOMPENSED ON EARTH. THE UNRIGHTEOUS SEARCH AFTER WHAT IS BAD, TRUST IN RICHES, ARE BROUGHT LOW...
Proverbs 11:30 I. The true Christian is not satisfied to watch and work for his own salvation, but he remembers the souls of others also. Every soul won for Christ is a token of His favour. The succes...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
_The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life._ THE FRUIT OF THE RIGHTEOUS By this is meant his prayers, his charities, his good example, the virtues which compose his character and adorn his life, a...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:23 The ultimate destinies of the WICKED and the RIGHTEOUS (e.g., vv. Proverbs 11:23 and...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:30 The life of the RIGHTEOUS produces FRUIT that is so attractive that it CAPTURES the SOULS of people who are on the wr
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:30. Or, “the wise man winneth” or “taketh” souls. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 11:30_ THE WINNER OF SOULS I. SOULS CAN BE WON TO GOD AND GOODNESS. 1. _There is in ever...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter. Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to the next. S...
1 Corinthians 9:19; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; Daniel 12:3; James 5:20;...