Jeremiah 17:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For he will be like a tree planted by the waters, pushing out its roots by the stream; he will have no fear when the heat comes, but his leaf will be green; in a dry year he will have no care, and will go on giving fruit.

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  • Ezek 31:4-9 : 4 It got strength from the waters and the deep made it tall: its streams went round about its planted land and it sent out its waterways to all the trees of the field. 5 In this way it became taller than all the trees of the field; and its branches were increased and its arms became long because of the great waters. 6 In its branches all the birds of heaven came to rest, and under its arms all the beasts of the field gave birth to their young, and great nations were living in its shade. 7 So it was beautiful, being so tall and its branches so long, for its root was by great waters. 8 No cedars were equal to it in the garden of God; the fir-trees were not like its branches, and plane-trees were as nothing in comparison with its arms; no tree in the garden of God was so beautiful. 9 I made it beautiful with its mass of branches: so that all the trees in the garden of God were full of envy of it. 10 For this cause the Lord has said: Because he is tall, and has put his top among the clouds, and his heart is full of pride because he is so high,
  • Ps 1:3 : 3 He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.
  • Isa 58:11 : 11 And the Lord will be your guide at all times; in dry places he will give you water in full measure, and will make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like an ever-flowing spring.
  • Ps 92:10-15 : 10 But my horn is lifted up like the horn of the ox: the best oil is flowing on my head. 11 My eyes have seen trouble come on my haters; my ears have news of the fate of the evil-doers who have come up against me. 12 The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon. 13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens. 14 They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth; 15 For a sign that the Lord is upright; he is my Rock, there is no deceit in him.
  • Ezek 47:12 : 12 And by the edge of the river, on this side and on that, will come up every tree used for food, whose leaves will ever be green and its fruit will not come to an end: it will have new fruit every month, because its waters come out from the holy place: the fruit will be for food and the leaf will make well those who are ill.
  • Job 8:16 : 16 He is full of strength before the sun, and his branches go out over his garden.
  • Jer 14:1-6 : 1 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah when there was no water. 2 Judah is weeping and its doors are dark with sorrow, and people are seated on the earth clothed in black; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up. 3 Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads. 4 Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads. 5 And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass. 6 And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 1:3
    89%

    3 He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

  • Jer 17:6-7
    2 verses
    82%

    6 For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.

    7 A blessing is on the man who puts his faith in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

  • Ezek 17:8-10
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    80%

    8 He had it planted in a good field by great waters so that it might put out branches and have fruit and be a strong vine.

    9 Say, This is what the Lord has said: Will it do well? will he not have its roots pulled up and its branches cut off, so that all its young leaves may become dry and it may be pulled up by its roots?

    10 And if it is planted will it do well? will it not become quite dry at the touch of the east wind, drying up in the bed where it was planted?

  • Isa 1:30
    80%

    30 For you will be like a tree whose leaves have become dry, and like a garden without water.

  • Job 14:7-9
    3 verses
    79%

    7 For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.

    8 Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;

    9 Still, at the smell of water, it will make buds, and put out branches like a young plant.

  • Job 8:16-17
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    79%

    16 He is full of strength before the sun, and his branches go out over his garden.

    17 His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them.

  • Ezek 17:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5 And he took some of the seed of the land, planting it in fertile earth, placing it by great waters; he put it in like a willow-tree.

    6 And its growth went on and it became a vine, low and widely stretching, whose branches were turned to him and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, putting out branches and young leaves.

  • Ps 92:12-14
    3 verses
    78%

    12 The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.

    13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens.

    14 They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth;

  • Ezek 17:23-24
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    76%

    23 It will be planted on the high mountain of Israel: it will put out branches and have fruit and be a fair cedar: under it all birds of every sort will make their living-place, resting in the shade of its branches.

    24 And it will be clear to all the trees of the field that I the Lord have made low the high tree and made high the low tree, drying up the green tree and making the dry tree full of growth; I the Lord have said it and have done it.

  • Num 24:6
    76%

    6 They are stretched out like valleys, like gardens by the riverside, like flowering trees planted by the Lord, like cedar-trees by the waters.

  • Ezek 31:7
    76%

    7 So it was beautiful, being so tall and its branches so long, for its root was by great waters.

  • Job 18:16
    76%

    16 Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

  • Ezek 47:12
    75%

    12 And by the edge of the river, on this side and on that, will come up every tree used for food, whose leaves will ever be green and its fruit will not come to an end: it will have new fruit every month, because its waters come out from the holy place: the fruit will be for food and the leaf will make well those who are ill.

  • Hos 14:5-7
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    75%

    5 I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him.

    6 I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.

    7 His branches will be stretched out, he will be beautiful as the olive-tree and sweet-smelling as Lebanon.

  • Job 8:12
    75%

    12 When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.

  • Ps 104:16
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    16 The trees of the Lord are full of growth, the cedars of Lebanon of his planting;

  • Ezek 31:4-5
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    4 It got strength from the waters and the deep made it tall: its streams went round about its planted land and it sent out its waterways to all the trees of the field.

    5 In this way it became taller than all the trees of the field; and its branches were increased and its arms became long because of the great waters.

  • Job 15:32
    74%

    32 His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green.

  • Job 29:19
    74%

    19 My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches,

  • Prov 11:28
    74%

    28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

  • Joel 2:22
    74%

    22 Have no fear, you beasts of the field, for the grass-lands of the waste are becoming green, for the trees are producing fruit, the fig-tree and the vine give out their strength.

  • Hab 3:17
    74%

    17 For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:

  • Isa 44:4
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    4 And they will come up like grass in a well-watered field, like water-plants by the streams.

  • Ezek 31:14
    73%

    14 In order that no trees by the waters may be lifted up in their growth, putting their tops among the clouds; and that no trees which are watered may take their place on high: for they are all given up to death, to the lowest parts of the earth among the children of men, with those who go down to the underworld.

  • Isa 27:6
    73%

    6 In days to come Jacob will take root: Israel will put out buds and flowers; and the face of the world will be full of fruit.

  • Job 40:22
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    22 Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?

  • Isa 58:11
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    11 And the Lord will be your guide at all times; in dry places he will give you water in full measure, and will make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like an ever-flowing spring.

  • Isa 17:11
    73%

    11 In the day of your planting you were watching its growth, and in the morning your seed was flowering: but its fruit is wasted away in the day of grief and bitter sorrow.

  • Isa 37:31
    73%

    31 And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth, and give fruit.

  • 2 Kgs 19:30
    73%

    30 And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth and give fruit.

  • Jer 12:2
    73%

    2 They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.

  • Ps 72:16
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    16 May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth.

  • Isa 32:2
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    2 And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.

  • Zech 8:12
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    12 For I will let the seed of peace be planted; the vine will give her fruit and the land will give her increase and the heavens will give their dew; and I will give to the rest of this people all these things for their heritage.

  • Ezek 34:27
    72%

    27 And the tree of the field will give its fruit and the earth will give its increase, and they will be safe in their land; and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have had their yoke broken and have given them salvation from the hands of those who made them servants.

  • Ps 37:35
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    35 I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the earth like a great tree.

  • Ps 37:2
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    2 For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.