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Psalm 1:3

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

1Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
2but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.
3He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
4The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
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A tree planted beside streams bears fruit at its appointed time, giving this picture of a flourishing life a pace beyond immediate results.

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Jeremiah 17:8For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will …Both passages picture a tree planted beside water, bearing fruit and keeping its leaves; Jeremiah names heat and drought.
Ezekiel 47:12By the river banks, on both sides, will grow every tree for food, whose leaf won’t wither, neither will its fruit fail. It will produce new fruit every month, …Both describe trees beside water whose leaves do not wither and whose fruit keeps coming at its proper time.
Psalm 92:14They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,Both use fruit and green growth to describe enduring life; Psalm 92 names fruitfulness in old age.
Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,Both use fruit to describe a person’s life; Galatians names the qualities produced by the Spirit.
John 15:6Both use withering as a picture of a person’s condition, contrasting the unwithered tree with the branch that withers.
Ezekiel 19:10“‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.Both compare a person to a plant beside water, linking that water with abundant growth and fruit.
Genesis 39:23The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under his hand, because the LORD was with him; and that which he did, the LORD made it prosper.Both speak of someone’s work prospering; Genesis names the LORD’s presence as the reason for prosperity within a prison.
Joshua 1:7–8Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right …Psalm 1 links delight in the LORD’s law with flourishing, while Joshua links obedience to that law with success.
Revelation 22:2in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The …Both picture a tree beside flowing water bearing fruit at set times; Revelation also describes leaves that heal.
Ezekiel 17:8It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might produce branches and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a good vine.”’Both describe planting beside abundant water as the setting for a plant to grow and bear fruit.
Matthew 13:6When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.Both use a plant’s condition to make their point: an unwithered leaf in Psalm 1, rootless plants withering in Matthew.
Psalm 92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.Both compare the righteous person to a flourishing tree; Psalm 92 names the palm and the cedar.
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This wisdom poem describes flourishing under God’s law without promising wealth or ease. The tree has water, and its fruit has a time to grow.

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