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Psalm 92:13
They are planted in the LORD’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.
11My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.
12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13They are planted in the LORD’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.
14They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,
15to show that the LORD is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
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Being planted in YHWH’s house pictures a settled place to grow, linking the righteous person’s flourishing to life in God’s courts.
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Isaiah 40:31but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not …Both describe continued vitality for God’s people: flourishing in his courts and renewed strength for those who wait for him.
Psalm 15:1A Psalm by David. LORD, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill?Both concern a place with God: Psalm 15 asks who may dwell there, while Psalm 92 describes the righteous flourishing there.
Matthew 15:13But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.Both use planting imagery in relation to God, though Matthew warns of uprooting and the psalm promises flourishing.
2 Peter 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.Growth connects these passages: the psalm pictures flourishing in God’s courts, while Peter urges growth in Christ’s grace and knowledge.
Isaiah 61:3to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, …Both portray righteous people as trees planted in relation to the LORD, whose life and growth display his glory.
Ephesians 3:17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,Both use the language of plants taking hold to describe life with God: planted in his house and rooted in love.
Colossians 2:7rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.Both describe established life through plant imagery: being planted in the LORD’s house and being rooted in Christ.
Isaiah 60:21Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.Both connect righteous people with planting, and their surrounding words direct attention to the LORD’s character and glory.
Romans 6:5For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;The shared thread is life with God; Romans speaks of union with Christ’s death and resurrection rather than planting in God’s house.
Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.Both connect well-being with a place: the LORD’s house in the psalm and the gates of wisdom in Proverbs.
Psalm 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.God’s courts are the shared setting: the righteous flourish there in Psalm 92, and worshipers enter with praise in Psalm 100.
Romans 11:17But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the root and of the …Both use plant imagery for people receiving sustenance, whether flourishing in God’s courts or sharing the root and richness of an olive tree.
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Flourishing here belongs to people planted in God’s house. The next lines carry that hope into old age: their fruit bears witness to YHWH’s uprightness.
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