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Proverbs 13:12 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 13 · verse 12
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.Proverbs 13:12 · King James Version
Proverbs 13:12 in context
10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
13Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Commentary
Cross references
- John 16:22
- Proverbs 13:19
- Psalms 119:81-83
- Proverbs 11:30
- Psalms 17:15
- Proverbs 3:18
- Psalms 69:3
- Psalms 143:7
Key words (Strong's)
- deferredmâshakto draw, used in a great variety of applicationsH4900 →
- desiretaʼăvâha longingH8378 →
- comethbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- HopetôwchelethexpectationH8431 →
- sickchâlâhproperly, to be rubbed or wornH2470 →
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Note, 1. Nothing is more grievous than the disappointment of a raised expectation, though not in the thing itself by a denial, yet in the time of it by a delay: Hope deferred makes the heart sick and languishing, fretful and peevish;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary