Proverbs 13:12

Better is he that begins to help heartily, 1 Than he that promises and leads another to hope: 1 For a good desire is a tree of life. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 hastily with iniquity is diminished: 1 But he that gathers for himself with godliness shall be increased. 1 The righteous is merciful, and lends. 1

13a To a crafty son there shall be nothing good: 1 But a wise servant shall have prosperous doings, 1 And his way shall be directed aright. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 46:30And Israel said to Joseph, After this I will gladly die, since I have seen thy face, for thou art yet living.

Psalms 40:2Blessed is the man who thinks on the poor and needy: 1 The Lord shall deliver him in an evil day. 1

Psalms 69:3Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek my soul: 1 Let them be turned backward and put to shame, that wish me evil. 1

Psalms 143:7Send forth thy hand from on high; 1 Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, 1 Out of the hand of strange children; 1

Proverbs 11:30Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life; 1 But the souls of transgressors are cut off before their time. 1

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 →

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