Proverbs 13:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Common English Bible

¹² Hope delayed makes the heart sick; longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Hope, when it is delayed, afflicts the soul. The arrival of the desired is a tree of life.

Proverbs 13:12 Cross References

John 16:22

So you have pain now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

Proverbs 13:19

A desire realized is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy.

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the wise capture souls.

Psalm 69:3

I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.

Psalm 143:7

Answer me quickly, O Lord; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.

Genesis 46:30

Israel said to Joseph, “I can die now, having seen for myself that you are still alive.”

Song of Solomon 5:8

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, tell him this: I am faint with love.

Revelation 22:2

through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month, and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 2:7

Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers, I will give permission to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but those who gather little by little will increase it.

Proverbs 13:13

Those who despise a word bring destruction on themselves, but those who respect a command will be rewarded.

Nehemiah 2:2

So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This can only be sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid.