Psalms 1:3 · KJV
“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. {wither: Heb. fade}”
— Psalms 1:3
But his delight {is} in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
The ungodly {are} not so: but {are} like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalms 1 — Context
Blessed {is} the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. {ungodly: or, wicked}
2But his delight {is} in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. {wither: Heb. fade}
4The ungodly {are} not so: but {are} like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Cross References
Jeremiah 17:8
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and {that} spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. {drought: or, restraint}
Ezekiel 47:12
And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. {shall grow: Heb. shall come up} {new: or, principal} {for medicine: or, for bruises and sores}
Psalms 92:14
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; {flourishing: Heb. green}
John 15:6
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast {them} into the fire, and they are burned.
Ezekiel 19:10
Thy mother {is} like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. {in...: or, in thy quietness, or, in thy likeness}
Genesis 39:23
The 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.
Joshua 1:7-8
Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it {to} the right hand or {to} the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. {prosper: or, do wisely}
Ezekiel 17:8
It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. {soil: Heb. field}