Proverbs 13:12
Expectation long deferred maketh the heart sick; but a tree of life is a desire which is fulfilled.
Leeser Tanakh
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 Israel said unto Joseph, Let me die now, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.
Nehemiah 2:2Then said the king unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing but an illness of heart. Then was I very greatly afraid.
Psalms 40:2(40:3) And he brought me up out of the noiseful deep, out of the miry clay, and he set up my feet upon a rock, making firm my steps.
Psalms 69:3(69:4) I am weary of my calling; my throat is hoarse; my eyes fail, while I hope for my God.
Psalms 143:7Hasten, answer me, O Lord, my spirit falleth: hide not thy face from me, that I may not become like those that go down into the pit.
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is of the tree of life, and the wise draweth souls to himself.
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 →