Psalm 1:3 (WEB)
He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
Fathers and councils · 11
John Damascene
“For just as the tree planted by the channels of waters, so also the soul watered by the divine Scripture is enriched and gives fruit in its season, viz. orthodox belief, and is adorned with evergreen leafage, I mean, actions pleasing to God.” — editor's note: Ps. i. 3.
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Justin Martyr
“And David says that the righteous man is ‘like the tree that is planted by the channels of waters, which should yield its fruit in its season, and whose leaf should not fade.’” — editor's note: Ps. i. 3.
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Augustine of Hippo
““And he shall be like a tree planted hard by the running streams of waters” (ver. 3); that is either Very “Wisdom,” which vouchsafed to assume man’s nature for our salvation; that as man He might be “the tree planted hard by the running…” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“The river of temporal things hurries one along: but like a tree sprung up beside the river is our Lord Jesus Christ.” — editor's note: Ps. i. 3.
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John Chrysostom
“For Paul saith, “In season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort” ( 2 Tim. iv. 2 ); and the Prophet too saith, “In His law will he meditate day and night” ( Ps. i. 3 ); and Moses commanded the Jews to do this always.” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“You are a light of the world, and a tree ever green.” — editor's note: Ps. i. 1–3; xcii. 12–15.
Read the whole comment“…and “a potter’s vessel,” may thenceforward become that “tree which is sown beside the waters, is perennial in leaves, bears fruit at its own time,” and shall not see “fire,” nor “axe.”” — editor's note: Ps. i. 3; Jer. xvii. 8. Compare Luke xxiii. 31.
Read the whole comment““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.”” — editor's note: Ps. i. 3.
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Aphrahat
“Whosoever meditates on the Law of his Lord, is like a tree planted by the waters.” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2, 3.
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Clement of Alexandria
““And blessed is he,” He saith by David, “who has not sinned; and he shall be as the tree planted near the channels of the waters, which will yield its fruit in its season, and his leaf shall not wither” (by this He made an allusion to the resurrection); “and whatsoever he shall do shall prosper with him.”” — editor's note: Ps. i. 1–3.
Read the whole comment““And his life shall not fall away”—the leaf of the living tree that is nourished “by the water-courses.”” — editor's note: Ps. i. 3.
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Cross-references · 21
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 4.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 86.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 4.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 4.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies IV.17.
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 4.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 86.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 86.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.17.