He is like a tree planted beside streams of water[a]
that bears its fruit in season[b](A)
and whose leaf does not wither.(B)
Whatever he does prospers.(C)

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  1. Psalm 1:3 Or beside irrigation canals
  2. Psalm 1:3 Lit in its season

That person is like a tree(A) planted by streams(B) of water,(C)
    which yields its fruit(D) in season
and whose leaf(E) does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.(F)

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12 The righteous thrive like a palm tree
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.(A)

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12 The righteous will flourish(A) like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;(B)

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Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.(A)

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Wealth(A) is worthless in the day of wrath,(B)
    but righteousness delivers from death.(C)

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11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
but the tent of the upright will stand.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 14:11 Lit flourish

11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,(A)
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.(B)

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He will be like a tree planted by water:(A)
it sends its roots out toward a stream,
it doesn’t fear when heat comes,
and its foliage remains green.
It will not worry in a year of drought
or cease producing fruit.

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They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.(A)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought(B)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”(C)

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