Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire [that] cometh to pass is a tree of life.
Darby Translation
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 diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase [it].
13Whoso despiseth the word shall be held by it; but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Cross References
Genesis 46:30And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, after I have seen thy face, since thou still livest.
Nehemiah 2:2And the king said to me, Why is thy face sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sadness of heart. And I was very sore afraid.
Psalms 40:2And he brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock; he hath established my goings:
Psalms 69:3I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalms 143:7Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and the wise winneth 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 →