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The righteous person will be like a tree of life
A person who does what is right is compared to a tree that produces life as its fruit. Alternate translation: "Those who do right will bring life to themselves and others" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile)
tree of life
See how you translated this in Proverbs 3:18.
but violence takes away lives
"but the one who kills people is violent." Some modern translations read, "and the one who wins souls is wise," that is, a wise person will convince other people to do what is right.