Psalms 92:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.”
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“The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 92:12 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 24:6They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.
- 1 Kings 4:33He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
- 1 Kings 6:29Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
- Esther 9:5The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
- Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
- Psalms 37:34Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
- Psalms 52:8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
- Psalms 72:7May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.
- Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
- Psalms 104:16The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
- Psalms 148:9mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
- Isaiah 55:13Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
- Isaiah 65:22No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
- Jeremiah 17:8He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
- Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
- Amos 2:9Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
- Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame— she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.
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