Proverbs 13:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul: desire when it cometh is a tree of life.

Proverbs 13:12 Cross References

Genesis 46:30

Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”

Nehemiah 2:2

And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing else but sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid.

Psalm 143:7

Make haste to answer me, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not thy face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the Pit.

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with beholding thy form.

Psalm 69:3

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

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but he who gathers little by little will increase it.

Proverbs 13:13

He who despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who respects the commandment will be rewarded.

Proverbs 13:19

A desire fulfilled 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.

Song of Solomon 5:8

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am sick with love.

John 16:22

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

Revelation 2:7

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’

Revelation 22:2

through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.