Psalms 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he does shall prosper.
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In Context
2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he meditate day and night.
4The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Cross References
Genesis 39:23The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
Deuteronomy 28:8The LORD shall command the blessing upon you in your storehouses, and in all that you set yours hand unto; and he shall bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
2 Kings 18:7And the LORD was with him; and he prospered anywhere he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
1 Chronicles 22:13Then shall you prosper, if you take heed to fulfill the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
2 Chronicles 32:23And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
Job 22:28You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto you: and the light shall shine upon your 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 →