Proverbs 13:12

Hope which is dilaied, turmentith the soule; a tre of lijf is desir comyng.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

In Context

11Hastid catel schal be maad lesse; but that that is gaderid litil and litil with hond, schal be multiplied.

13He that bacbitith ony thing, byndith hym silf in to tyme to comynge; but he that dredith the comaundement, schal lyue in pees.

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Cross References

Genesis 46:30And the fadir seide to Joseph, Now Y schal die ioiful, for Y siy thi face, and Y leeue thee lyuynge.

Psalms 40:2Blessid is he that vndurstondith `on a nedi man and pore; the Lord schal delyuere hym in the yuel dai.

Psalms 69:3Be thei schent, and aschamed; that seken my lijf. Be thei turned a bak; and schame thei, that wolen yuels to me.

Psalms 143:7Sende out thin hond fro an hiy, rauysche thou me out, and delyuere thou me fro many watris; and fro the hond of alien sones.

Proverbs 11:30The fruyt of a riytful man is the tre of lijf; and he that takith soulis, is a wijs man.

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