Proverbs 11:30-31

Good News Translation

³⁰Righteousness^[a] gives life, but violence^[b] takes it away.

³¹^(A)Those who are good are rewarded here on earth, so you can be sure that wicked and sinful people will be punished.

Proverbs 11:30 One ancient translation Righteousness; Hebrew A righteous person.
Proverbs 11:30 Probable text violence; Hebrew a wise person.

Proverbs 11:30-31

New International Version

³⁰The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,^(A)
and the one who is wise saves lives.

³¹If the righteous receive their due^(B) on earth,
how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

Good News Translation (GNT)

New International Version (NIV)