Righteousness Will Have a Sure Reward

I thought these verses from Proverbs 11 paint a neat word picture of the rewards of righteousness.

Proverbs 11:18(NKJV)

18    The wicked man does deceptive work,     But he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward.

How do we sow righteousness?  By first accepting Jesus and then by taking Jesus' love to others.

Proverbs 11:25(NKJV)

25    The generous soul will be made rich,     And he who waters will also be watered himself.

As part of that sowing righteousness, we give generously of our time, efforts, and treasure.  "The generous soul will be mad rich" simply illustrates the principal that the more you give the more you get.  The second part of that verse illustrates what most of us who have ever helped someone in need already knows, that we get a great feeling out of helping others.  In other words it helps us.

Proverbs 11:28(NKJV)

28    He who trusts in his riches will fall,      But the righteous will flourish like foliage.

The righteous won't flourish just a little bit, they will flourish like the trees and bushes all around us.

Proverbs 11:30(NKJV)

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

And that tree of life is like a family tree of all those souls you have touched who you will get to spend eternity with.  Pretty cool!