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Proverbs 13:12

תּוֹחֶלֶת מְמֻשָּׁכָה מַחֲלָה ־ לֵב וְעֵץ חַיִּים תַּאֲוָה בָאָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

In Context

11הוֹן מֵהֶבֶל יִמְעָט וְקֹבֵץ עַל ־ יָד יַרְבֶּֽה ׃

13בָּז לְדָבָר יֵחָבֶל לוֹ וִירֵא מִצְוָה הוּא יְשֻׁלָּֽם ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 46:30וַיֹּאמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל ־ יוֹסֵף אָמוּתָה הַפָּעַם אַחֲרֵי רְאוֹתִי אֶת ־ פָּנֶיךָ כִּי עוֹדְךָ חָֽי ׃

Nehemiah 2:2וַיֹּאמֶר לִי הַמֶּלֶךְ מַדּוּעַ ׀ פָּנֶיךָ רָעִים וְאַתָּה אֵֽינְךָ חוֹלֶה אֵין זֶה כִּי ־ אִם רֹעַֽ לֵב וָאִירָא הַרְבֵּה מְאֹֽד ׃

Psalms 40:2קַוֺּה קִוִּיתִי יְהוָה וַיֵּט אֵלַי וַיִּשְׁמַע שַׁוְעָתִֽי ׃

Psalms 69:3טָבַעְתִּי ׀ בִּיוֵן מְצוּלָה וְאֵין מָעֳמָד בָּאתִי בְמַעֲמַקֵּי ־ מַיִם וְשִׁבֹּלֶת שְׁטָפָֽתְנִי ׃

Psalms 143:7מַהֵר עֲנֵנִי ׀ יְהוָה כָּלְתָה רוּחִי אַל ־ תַּסְתֵּר פָּנֶיךָ מִמֶּנִּי וְנִמְשַׁלְתִּי עִם ־ יֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר ׃

Proverbs 11:30פְּֽרִי ־ צַדִּיק עֵץ חַיִּים וְלֹקֵחַ נְפָשׂוֹת חָכָֽם ׃

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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