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Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred, sickeneth the heart,—but, a tree of life, is desire fulfilled.
Proverbs 13:12 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 13:12 in other translations
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
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In context
9 The light of the righteous, rejoiceth, but, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out.
10 Only by pride, doth one cause contention, but, with the well-advised, is wisdom.
11 Wealth gotten by greed, diminisheth, but, he that gathereth by little, increaseth.
12 Hope deferred, sickeneth the heart,—but, a tree of life, is desire fulfilled.
13 He that despiseth a matter, shall get pledged thereto, but, he that revereth a commandment, the same shall be recompensed.
14 the instruction of the wise, is a well-spring of life, by departing from the snares of death.
15 Sound discretion, yieldeth favour, but, the way of the treacherous, is rugged.
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