Proverbs 13:12
Hope that's delayed makes you feel sick, but a wish that comes true revives you.
Free Bible 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 gained by fraud quickly disappears, but those who gather bit by bit prosper.
Cross References
Genesis 46:30“Now I can die in peace because I have seen your face again and know you're still alive,” Israel told Joseph.
Nehemiah 2:2so the king asked me, “Why are you looking so sad, even though you don't seem to be sick? You must be really upset.” I was absolutely terrified,
Psalms 40:2He pulled me out of the pit of destruction, out from the mud and the slime. He set me on a rock, and gave me a safe place to stand.
Psalms 69:3I'm so tired of screaming out for help my throat is totally raw. My eyes are worn out looking for my God to help me.
Psalms 143:7Please answer me quickly, Lord! I'm dying! Don't turn away otherwise I'll be just like those who are going down into the grave.
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the good is a tree of life, and the wise person saves people.
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 →