Jeremiah 17:8

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

They will be like trees growing beside a stream— trees with roots that reach down to the water, and with leaves that are always green. They bear fruit every year and are never worried by a lack of rain.

Cross References

Psalm 1:3

They are like trees growing beside a stream, trees that produce fruit in season and always have leaves. Those people succeed in everything they do.

Isaiah 58:11

The Lord will always guide you and provide good things to eat when you are in the desert. He will make you healthy. You will be like a garden that has plenty of water or like a stream that never runs dry.

Ezekiel 47:12

Fruit trees will grow all along this river and produce fresh fruit every month. The leaves will never dry out, because they will always have water from the stream that flows from the temple, and they will be used for healing people.

Job 8:16

Sinful people are like plants with spreading roots and plenty of sun and water.

Job 29:19

In those days I was strong like a tree with deep roots and with plenty of water,

Proverbs 11:28

Trust in your wealth, and you will be a failure, but God's people will prosper like healthy plants.

Isaiah 61:3

especially in Jerusalem. He sent me to give them flowers in place of their sorrow, olive oil in place of tears, and joyous praise in place of broken hearts. They will be called “Trees of Justice,” planted by the Lord to honor his name.

Ezekiel 31:3

There was once a cedar tree in Lebanon with large, strong branches reaching to the sky.