Proverbs 11:28-30

Easy-to-Read Version

²⁸Those who trust in their riches will fall like dead leaves, but good people will blossom.

²⁹Those who cause trouble for their families will inherit nothing but the wind. A foolish person will end up as a servant to one who is wise.

³⁰What good people produce is like a life-giving tree. Those who are wise give new life to others.^[a]

Proverbs 11:30 Or, according to one ancient version, “The fruit of a good man is a tree of life, but a violent man takes lives.”

Proverbs 11:28-30

New International Version

²⁸Those who trust in their riches will fall,^(A)
but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.^(B)

²⁹Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise.^(C)

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

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

New International Version (NIV)