Proverbs 13:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: But when the desire cometh, it 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

And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you.

Proverbs 13:19

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I shall 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 is wise winneth souls.

Psalm 69:3

I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Psalm 143:7

Make haste to answer me, O LORD; my spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me; Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.

Genesis 46:30

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.

Song of Solomon 5:8

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

Revelation 22:2

in the midst of the street thereof. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 2:7

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: But he that gathereth by labour shall have increase.

Proverbs 13:13

Whoso despiseth the word bringeth destruction on himself: But he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Nehemiah 2:2

And the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid.