Proverbs 13:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

John 16:22

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

Proverbs 13:19

Desire fulfilled is sweet to the taste, but to turn from evil is detestable to fools.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life  to those who embrace her, and those who hold on to her are happy.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but a cunning person takes lives.

Genesis 46:30

Then Israel said to Joseph, ‘I’m ready to die now because I have seen your face and you are still alive! ’

Song of Solomon 5:8

Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you, if you find my love, tell him that I am lovesick.

Revelation 22:2

down the middle of the city’s main street. The tree of life was on each side of the river, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit every month.  The leaves of the tree are for healing the nations,

Revelation 2:7

‘Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give   the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in   the paradise of God.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle, but whoever earns it through labour  will multiply it.

Proverbs 13:13

The one who has contempt for instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.

Nehemiah 2:2

so the king said to me, ‘Why do you look so sad,  when you aren’t ill? This is nothing but sadness of heart.’ I was overwhelmed with fear