Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred maketh the lev sick, 1 but when the ta'avah (desire) cometh, it is an Etz Chayyim (Tree of Life). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 Yisroel said unto Yosef, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
Nehemiah 2:2Wherefore HaMelech said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not choleh (sick)? This is nothing else but ro'ah lev. Then I was very much afraid,
Psalms 40:2I waited patiently for Hashem; 1 and He inclined unto me, 1 and heard my cry. 1
Psalms 69:3I sink in deep mire, 1 where there is no standing; 1 I am come into the depths of the mayim, 1 where the floods overflow me. 1
Psalms 143:7Hear me speedily, Hashem; my ruach faileth; 1 hide not Thy face from me, 1 lest I be like those that go down into the bor (pit). 1
Proverbs 11:30The p'ri tzedek is Etz Chayyim, 1 and he that winneth nefashot is chacham (wise). 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 →