Psalms 1 in the early church
344 passages quote, allude to, or echo Psalms 1, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Psalms 1 as a whole
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ps 1–Ps:150 | Canon 60 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | ca. 343–381 |
| Ps 1–Ps:150 | Canon 47 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | 397 |
Psalms 1:1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
Psalms 1:2
But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ps 1:2 | The Instructor 1.10.90 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Ps 1:2 | Against Heresies 5.8.4 · Irenaeus of Lyons | allusion, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Ps 1:2 | Miscellanies 2.15.68 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Ps 1:2 | Miscellanies 7.12.80 · Clement of Alexandria | echo, medium confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Ps 1:2 | Miscellanies 7.18.109 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Ps 1:2 | Didascalia 6.18 (Latin) · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | first half of the third century |
| Ps 1:2 | Against Marcion 2.19 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Ps 1:2 | On Modesty 6 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 210–220 |
| Ps 1:2 | PG 12:1087 (Ps 1 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Ps 1:2 | PG 12:1103 (Ps 2 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Ps 1:2 | PG 12:1601 (Ps 118 LXX) · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Ps 1:2 | On Prayer 29.9 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 233–234 |
| Ps 1:2 | Homily on Luke 39 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 233–250 |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Exodus 9.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Exodus 12.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Joshua 1.7 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Joshua 17.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Joshua 19.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Leviticus 4.9 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Leviticus 7.6 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Leviticus 9.5 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Leviticus 11.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Leviticus 12.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Numbers 23.9 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Numbers 25.5 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Numbers 26.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Numbers 27.6 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on Psalms 36-38 3.10 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:2 | On the Good of Modesty 10 · Novatian | echo, low confidence | mid-3rd cent. (disputed) |
| Ps 1:2 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 0.77 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.181 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
| Ps 1:2 | Against Celsus 3.60 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| Ps 1:2 | Commentary on Matthew 10.15 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Ps 1:2 | Commentary on Romans 5.2 · Origen | allusion, low confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Ps 1:2 | Commentary on Romans 9.2 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Ps 1:2 | To Quirinus 3.120 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| Ps 1:2 | Symposium 5.4 · Methodius of Olympus | allusion, high confidence | late 3rd century |
| Ps 1:2 | Prophetic Extracts 2.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Ps 1:2 | Demonstration 7.21 · Aphrahat | allusion, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Ps 1:2 | Demonstration 9.2 · Aphrahat | allusion, medium confidence | 337-345 |
| Ps 1:2 | Demonstration 9.4 · Aphrahat | allusion, medium confidence | 337-345 |
| Ps 1:2 | Demonstration 9.10 · Aphrahat | allusion, medium confidence | 337-345 |
| Ps 1:2 | Long recension, Magnesians 9 · Anonymous | allusion, low confidence | later 4th century (probable) |
| Ps 1:2 | Homilies on the Psalms 1.3 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360-378 |
| Ps 1:2 | Tractates on the Psalms 1.1 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Ps 1:2 | Tractates on the Psalms 1.11 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Ps 1:2 | Tractates on the Psalms 1.12 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Ps 1:2 | Oration 6.1 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Ps 1:2 | Commentary on Ephesians 5:4 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Ps 1:2 | Commentary on Ephesians 6:18–20 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Ps 1:2 | Question 110, section 8 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Ps 1:2 | Question 110, section 9 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Ps 1:2 | Question 115, section 4 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Ps 1:2 | Question 115, section 32 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Ps 1:2 | Question 120, section 1 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Ps 1:2 | Letter 5.2 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Ps 1:2 | Letter 21.37 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Ps 1:2 | Letter 30.13 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Ps 1:2 | Letter 52.3 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Ps 1:2 | Letter 53.3 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Ps 1:2 | Letter 119.11 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Ps 1:2 | Letter 127.4 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Ps 1:2 | Letter 133.3 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Ps 1:2 | Letter 140.1 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Ps 1:2 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 26.15.1 · Epiphanius of Salamis | quotation, high confidence | 374-377 |
| Ps 1:2 | Apostolic Constitutions 1.4.2 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Ps 1:2 | Apostolic Constitutions 6.23.6 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Ps 1:2 | Apostolic Constitutions 8.6.5 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
| Ps 1:2 | Theological Oration 1 (Or. 27), Against the Eunomians 4 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | 380 |
| Ps 1:2 | Chapter 8 · Nicetas, bishop of Remesiana | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380–414 |
| Ps 1:2 | Eleven Tractates 7.116 · Priscillian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380–385 |
| Ps 1:2 | Eleven Tractates 8.119 · Priscillian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380–385 |
| Ps 1:2 | On Jacob and the Happy Life 2.2 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-390 |
| Ps 1:2 | On the Duties of the Clergy 2.3 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| Ps 1:2 | Exposition of Psalm 118 1.2.1 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| Ps 1:2 | Exposition of Psalm 118 10.39.1 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| Ps 1:2 | Exposition of Psalm 118 12.28.3 · Ambrose | echo, medium confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| Ps 1:2 | Exposition of Psalm 118 13.8.1 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| Ps 1:2 | Exposition of Psalm 118 13.8.2 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| Ps 1:2 | Exposition of Psalm 118 22.23.3 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| Ps 1:2 | On Elijah and Fasting 34 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-390 |
| Ps 1:2 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.30.1 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Ps 1:2 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.30.2 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Ps 1:2 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.30.5 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Ps 1:2 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.31.1 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Ps 1:2 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.34.1 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Ps 1:2 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.44.1 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Ps 1:2 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 35.17.2 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Ps 1:2 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 40.23.3 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Ps 1:2–3 | Homily 3 · Gregory of Nyssa | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390–394 |
| Ps 1:2 | Sermon 149.4 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Ps 1:2 | Sermon 371.4 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Ps 1:2 | Poem 7, lines 1–32 (VII) · Paulinus of Nola | quotation, high confidence | ca. 393–431 |
| Ps 1:2 | Letters 32.12 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| Ps 1:2 | Letters 32.16 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| Ps 1:2 | Letters 39.2 · Paulinus of Nola | echo, medium confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| Ps 1:2 | Letters 40.8 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| Ps 1:2 | Historia monachorum, chapter 9 · Rufinus of Aquileia | allusion, medium confidence | Greek original ca. 394-395; Rufinus's Latin ca. 404-406 |
| Ps 1:2 | Confessions 11.2 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 397–401 |
| Ps 1:2 | On the Trinity 1.3 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 399–419 |
| Ps 1:2 | On the Work of Monks 20 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 400–401 |
| Ps 1:2 | On the Work of Monks 40 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 400–401 |
| Ps 1:2 | Against Vigilantius 13 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | 406 |
| Ps 1:2 | On the Christian Life 14 · Fastidius | echo, low confidence | ca. 411-430 |
| Ps 1:2 | On the Good of Widowhood 26 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, low confidence | ca. 414 |
| Ps 1:2 | On the Grace of Christ and On Original Sin 1.33 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 418 |
| Ps 1:2 | On Grace and Free Will 2 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 426 |
| Ps 1:2 | The Conferences 11.15 · John Cassian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
| Ps 1:2 | Book 2, chapter 35 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | ca. 440-450 |
Psalms 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Psalms 1:4
Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
Psalms 1:5
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
Psalms 1:6
For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ps 1:6 | Epistle of Barnabas 11.7 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) |
| Ps 1:6 | First Apology 40 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 150–155 |
| Ps 1:6 | The Instructor 3.12.87 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Ps 1:6 | Miscellanies 2.15.69 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Ps 1:6 | PG 12:1099 (Ps 1–2 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Ps 1:6 | PG 12:1103 (Ps 2 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Ps 1:6 | Homilies on Joshua 13.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Ps 1:6 | On Ecclesiastical Theology 3.3.2 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 337–339 |
| Ps 1:6 | Life of Antony 38 · Athanasius of Alexandria | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 357–360 |
| Ps 1:6 | Tractates on the Psalms 1.24 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Ps 1:6 | Tractates 2.21.3 · Zeno of Verona | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362-380 |
| Ps 1:6 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 3:15 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Ps 1:6 | Commentary on Ephesians 3:10 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Ps 1:6 | Question 110, section 18 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Ps 1:6 | Question 110, section 19 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Ps 1:6 | Eleven Tractates 7.117 · Priscillian | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380–385 |
| Ps 1:6 | Letter 215.6 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Ps 1:6 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.25.1 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Ps 1:6 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.57.1 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Ps 1:6 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.58.1 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Ps 1:6 | Poem 7, lines 33–51 · Paulinus of Nola | quotation, high confidence | ca. 393–431 |