Psalms 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. And whatever he does shall prosper.
A Conservative Version
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In Context
2but his delight is in the law of LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
4The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Cross References
Genesis 39:23The keeper of the prison did not look to anything that was under his hand, because LORD was with him, and that which he did, LORD made it prosper.
Deuteronomy 28:8LORD will command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou put thy hand to. And he will bless thee in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.
2 Kings 18:7And LORD was with him. Wherever he went forth he prospered. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and did not serve him.
1 Chronicles 22:13Then thou shall prosper, if thou observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel. Be strong, and of good courage. Fear not, neither be dismayed.
2 Chronicles 32:23And many brought gifts to LORD to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah. So that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
Job 22:28Thou shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee. And light shall shine upon thy ways.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 1:2-4
Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Testament; nay, so much is there in it of Christ and his gospel, as well as of God and his law, that it had been called the abstract, or summary, of both Testaments. The History of Israel, which we were long upon, let us to camps and council-boards, and there entertained and instructed us in the knowledge of God. The book of Job brought us into the schools, and treated us with profitable disputations concerning God and his… Read the whole commentary →