Proverbs 11:30 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 11. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 11:30

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 11:30: This shows what great blessings good men are, especially those that are eminently wise, to the places where they live, and therefore how much to be valued. 1. The righteous are as trees of life; the fruits of their piety and charity, their instructions, reproofs, examples, and prayers, their interest in heaven, and their influence upon earth, are like the fruits of that tree, precious...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 11:30: 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, Rev 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...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on 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).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 11:30: The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise. (s) That is, brings them to the knowledge of God.