Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
In Context
11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.
Cross References
Genesis 46:30And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou are yet alive.
Nehemiah 2:2And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid.
Psalms 40:2He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Psalms 69:3I am weary with my crying. My throat is dried. My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalms 143:7Make haste to answer me, O LORD, my spirit fails. Hide not thy face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit.
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of a righteous man is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:12
11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. This shows that riches wear as they are won and woven. 1. That which is won ill will never wear well, for a curse attends it which will waste it, and the same corrupt dispositions which incline men to the sinful ways of getting well incline them to the like sinful ways of spending: Wealth gotten by vanity will be bestowed upon vanity, and then it will be diminished. That which is got by such employments as are not… Read the whole commentary →