Proverbs 13:12
“Hope deferred maketh the heart sicke: but when the desire commeth, it is a tree of life.”
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Proverbs 13:12 Context
10Onely by pride commeth contention: but with the well aduised is wisedome. 11Wealth gotten by vanitie shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour, shall increase. 12Hope deferred maketh the heart sicke: but when the desire commeth, it is a tree of life. 13Whoso despiseth the word, shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commaundement, shall be rewarded. 14The lawe of the wise is a fountaine of life, to depart from the snares of death.
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Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.
- King James Version
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
- New American Standard Version (1995)