Psalm 1:2-3

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

2 but his g delight is in the law 1 of the Lord,
and on his h law he meditates day and night.

3 He is like i a tree
planted by j streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its k leaf does not wither.
l In all that he does, he prospers.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 112:1
    Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!
    Psalms 119:35
    Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.
    Psalms 119:47
    For I find my delight in your commandments, which I love.
    Psalms 119:92
    If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 119:1
    Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
    Psalms 119:97
    Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
    Joshua 1:8
    This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:8
    He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.
    Ezekiel 19:10
    Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard planted by the water, fruitful and full of branches by reason of abundant water.
    Numbers 24:6
    Like palm groves that stretch afar, like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the Lord has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters.
    Job 29:19
    My roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 46:4
    There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 47:12
    And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.
    Isaiah 34:4
    All the host of heaven shall rot away, and the skies roll up like a scroll. All their host shall fall, as leaves fall from the vine, like leaves falling from the fig tree.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 39:3
    His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands.
    Genesis 39:23
    The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's charge, because the Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed.
    Psalms 128:2
    You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
    Isaiah 3:10
    Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
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