Proverbs 13:12
Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul: desire when it cometh is a tree of life.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 46:30And the father said to Joseph: Now shall I die with joy, because I have seen thy face, and leave thee alive.
Nehemiah 2:2And the king said to me: Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou dost not appear to be sick? this is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in thy heart. And I was seized with an exceeding great fear:
Psalms 40:2With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.
Psalms 69:3I stick fast in the mire of the deep: and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea: and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.
Psalms 143:7Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth souls, is wise.
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 →