Proverbs 13:12

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

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  • Prov 13:19 : 19 A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.
  • John 16:22 : 22 So you also have sorrow now. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
  • Gen 21:6-7 : 6 Sarah said, 'God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.' 7 And she added, 'Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.'
  • Gen 46:30 : 30 Then Israel said to Joseph, 'Now I am ready to die, since I have seen your face and know you are still alive.'
  • 1 Sam 1:26-28 : 26 She said, 'Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. 27 I prayed for this boy, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him. 28 Now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD.' And they worshiped the LORD there.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I will see your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
  • Ps 40:2-3 : 2 I waited patiently for the LORD; He turned to me and heard my cry for help. 3 He lifted me out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am sinking in deep mire where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, and the current has overwhelmed me.
  • Ps 119:81-83 : 81 My soul faints for Your salvation; I hope in Your word. 82 My eyes fail, longing for Your promise, saying, 'When will You comfort me? 83 For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, yet I have not forgotten Your statutes.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, Lord, for my spirit is fading. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, and those who hold her fast are blessed.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who wins souls is wise.
  • Ps 42:1-3 : 1 For the director of music, a contemplative psalm of the sons of Korah. 2 As a deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God. 3 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
  • Rev 22:2 : 2 In the middle of the city’s street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, producing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
  • Song 5:8 : 8 I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick.
  • Luke 2:29-30 : 29 "Now, Lord, you can let your servant depart in peace, according to your word. 30 For my eyes have seen your salvation,

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