“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”
Proverbs 13:12 (KJV) |
Proverbs 13:12
From Proverbs 13, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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10
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
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.
14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.