Proverbs 13:12

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 46:30

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

Nehemiah 2:2

So the king said to me, “Why is your face troubled though you do not seem sick? This is nothing but a troubled heart.” Then I became very much afraid

Psalm 143:7

Answer me quickly, O  Lord; my spirit fails! Hide not Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the pit.

Psalm 17:15

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

Psalm 69:3

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

Proverbs 11:30

As the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, so he who wins souls is wise.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gained by fraud will dwindle, but he who gathers by hand will increase it.

Proverbs 13:13

He who despises instruction will be destroyed, but he who respects a commandment will be rewarded.

Proverbs 13:19

The desire fulfilled 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 those who lay hold of her; blessed are those who retain her.

Song of Solomon 5:8

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

John 16:22

Therefore you now have sorrow. But I will see you again, and your heart 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 overcomes I will give permission to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.

Revelation 22:2

in the middle of its street. On each side of the river was the tree of life, which bore twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.