Psalm 92:12
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12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree
and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.(A)
Hosea 14:6
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6 His shoots shall spread out;
his beauty shall be like the olive tree
and his fragrance like that of Lebanon.(A)
Sirach 39:13
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13 Listen to me, my faithful children, and blossom
like a rose growing by a stream of water.(A)
Sirach 50:8
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8 like roses in the days of the spring harvest,
like lilies by springs of water,
like a green shoot on Lebanon on a summer day,(A)
Sirach 50:12
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12 When he received the portions from the hands of the priests,
as he stood by the hearth of the altar
with a garland of brothers around him,
he was like a young cedar on Lebanon
surrounded by the trunks of palm trees.(A)
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