Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
King James Version
In Context
11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
13Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Cross References
Genesis 46:30And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
Nehemiah 2:2Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
Psalms 40:2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Psalms 69:3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalms 143:7Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
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 →