Isaiah 44:4
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4 They shall spring up like a green tamarisk,[a]
like willows by flowing streams.
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- 44.4 Q ms: MT in the midst of grass
Isaiah 58:11
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11 The Lord will guide you continually
and satisfy your needs in parched places
and make your bones strong,
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water
whose waters never fail.(A)
Psalm 1:3
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3 They are like trees
planted by streams of water,
which yield their fruit in its season,
and their leaves do not wither.
In all that they do, they prosper.(A)
Psalm 92:13-15
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13 They are planted in the house of the Lord;
they flourish in the courts of our God.
14 In old age they still produce fruit;
they are always green and full of sap,(A)
15 showing that the Lord is upright;
he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.(B)
Ezekiel 17:5
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5 Then he took a seedling from the land,
placed it in fertile soil;
a plant[a] by abundant waters,
he set it like a willow twig.(A)
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- 17.5 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Acts 4:4
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4 But many of those who heard the word believed, and they numbered about five thousand.(A)
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Psalm 137:1-2
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Psalm 137
Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem
1 By the rivers of Babylon—
there we sat down, and there we wept
when we remembered Zion.(A)
2 On the willows[a] there
we hung up our harps.
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- 137.2 Or poplars
Acts 5:14
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14 Yet more than ever believers were added to the Lord, great numbers of both men and women,
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Acts 2:41-47
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41 So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added. 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
Life among the Believers
43 Awe came upon everyone because many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.(A) 44 All who believed were together and had all things in common;(B) 45 they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds[a] to all, as any had need. 46 Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home[b] and ate their food with glad and generous[c] hearts,(C) 47 praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.(D)
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Isaiah 61:11
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11 For as the earth brings forth its shoots
and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.(A)
Leviticus 23:40
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40 On the first day you shall take the fruit of majestic[a] trees, branches of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.(A)
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- 23.40 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 40:22
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22 The lotus trees cover it for shade;
the willows of the wadi surround it.(A)
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