“The fruit of righteousness and the tree of life is Christ. He alone, as man, fulfilled all righteousness. And with His own underived life He has brought forth the fruits of knowledge and virtue like a tree, whereof they that eat shall receive eternal life, and shall enjoy the tree of life in paradise, with Adam and al…”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments
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30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
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28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
— Proverbs 11:30 —
31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.