Proverbs 13:12 KJV
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12, King James Version
In context
11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Cross-references
- John 16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
- Proverbs 13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
- Psalms 119:81 כ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
- Psalms 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
- Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.