Proverbs 13:12

When hope is postponed, it breaks the heart, 1 but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. 1

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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 dwindles away when there is too much vanity, 1 but the one who makes money by working with his hand will make his money grow. 1

13Whoever despises instruction brings destruction on himself, 1 but he who respects the commandment will be rewarded. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 46:30Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”

Nehemiah 2:2But the king said to me, “Why is your face so sad? You do not appear to be ill. This must be sadness of heart.” Then I became very much afraid.

Psalms 40:2He brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, 1 and he set my feet on a rock and made my steps secure. 1

Psalms 69:3I am weary with my crying; my throat is dry; 1 my eyes fail while I wait for my God. 1

Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, Yahweh, because my spirit faints. 1 Do not hide your face from me, 1 or I will become like those who go down into the pit. 1

Proverbs 11:30The righteous person will be like a tree of life, 1 but violence takes away lives. 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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