Proverbs 13:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Hope deferred greeueth the heart: but whe the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

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  • Prov 13:19 : 19 When a desire is brought to passe, it deliteth the soule: but fooles count it abhomination to depart from euyll.
  • John 16:22 : 22 And ye nowe therefore haue sorowe: but I wyll see you agayne, and your heartes shall reioyce, and your ioy shall no man take from you.
  • Gen 21:6-7 : 6 But Sara sayde: God hath made me to reioyce, so that all that heare, wyll ioy with me. 7 She sayd also: who would haue sayde vnto Abraham, that Sara shoulde haue geuen chyldren sucke? for I haue borne him a sonne in his olde age.
  • Gen 46:30 : 30 And Israel sayd vnto Ioseph: nowe am I content to dye, insomuche as I haue seene thy face, and because thou art yet aliue.
  • 1 Sam 1:26-28 : 26 And she sayd: Oh my Lorde, as thy soule lyueth my Lorde, I am the woman that stoode before thee here praying vnto the Lorde. 27 For this lad I prayed, and the Lorde hath geuen me my desyre whiche I asked of him: 28 And therfore I haue geuen him vnto the Lord, as long as he liueth he shalbe geuen to the Lorde. And he worshipped the Lorde there.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 But as for me, I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse: I shalbe satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse.
  • Ps 40:2-3 : 2 He brought me also out of an horrible pyt, out of the dirtie mire: and set my feete vpon a rocke, and directed my goynges. 3 And he hath put a newe song in my mouth: euen a thankesgeuyng vnto our Lorde.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weery of crying, my throte is drye: my syght fayleth me through the long attendaunce that I haue geuen vpon my Lorde.
  • Ps 119:81-83 : 81 Caph My soule hath faynted after thy saluation: I geue earnest attedaunce vnto thy worde. 82 Myne eyes haue faynted after thy worde: whylest I say, when wilt thou comfort me. 83 For I am become like a bottel hanged in the smoke: yet I do not forget thy statutes.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Make speede, hearken vnto me O God, my spirite waxeth faynt: hyde not thy face from me, for I am lyke vnto them that go downe into the pyt.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of lyfe to them that lay holde vpon her: and blessed is he that kepeth her fast.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise.
  • Ps 42:1-3 : 1 To the chiefe musition a wise instruction of the sonnes of Corach. Lyke as the Hart brayeth for water brookes: so panteth my soule after thee O God. 2 My soule is a thirst for the Lorde, yea euen for the lyuyng Lorde: when shall I come to appeare before the face of the Lorde? 3 My teares haue ben my meate day and nyght: whyle they dayly say vnto me where is nowe thy God.
  • Rev 22:2 : 2 In the middes of the streate of it, and of either side of the ryuer, was there wood of lyfe, which bare twelue maner of fruites, and gaue fruite euery moneth: and the leaues of the wood serued to heale the people withall.
  • Song 5:8 : 8 I charge you therfore O ye daughters of Hierusalem, yf ye fynde my beloued, that ye tell hym howe that I am sicke for loue.
  • Luke 2:29-30 : 29 Lord nowe lettest thou thy seruaut depart in peace, accordyng to thy promise. 30 For mine eyes haue seene thy saluatio,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 11 Uaynly gotten goodes are soone spent: but they that be gathered together with the hande, shall encrease.

  • Job 14:7-8
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    7 For if a tree be cut downe, there is some hope yet that it wyll sproute and shoote foorth the braunches againe.

    8 Though the roote of it be waxen olde, and the stocke thereof be dead in the grounde:

  • 23 The desire of the ryghteous is acceptable: but the hope of the vngodly is indignation.

  • 25 Heauinesse discourageth the heart of man: but a good worde maketh it glad agayne.

  • 28 The patient abydyng of the righteous shalbe turned to gladnesse: but the hope of the vngodly shall perishe.

  • 13 Who so dispiseth the worde, shall perishe for the same: but he that feareth the commaundement, shall haue the rewarde.

  • 4 The sluggarde woulde fayne haue and can not get his desire: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie.

  • 19 When a desire is brought to passe, it deliteth the soule: but fooles count it abhomination to depart from euyll.

  • 14 So sweete shal the knowledge of wysdome be vnto thy soule when thou hast found it: and there shalbe hope, and thy hope shall not be cut of.

  • 18 For veryly there is an ende, and thy pacient abiding shall not be cut of.

  • 13 A mery heart maketh a chearfull countenaunce: but by the sorowe of the heart the mynde is heauy.

  • 23 The feare of the Lord bringeth a man to lyfe: and he shall rest the whole night in plenteousnesse without visitation of any plague.

  • 30 A mery heart is the lyfe of the body: but enuie consumeth away the bones.

  • 25 The desire of the slouthfull kylleth him: for his handes wyll not labour.

  • 12 The desire of the vngodly is a net of euyls: but the roote of the ryghteous bryngeth foorth fruite.

  • 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: For when he is tryed, he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe, which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue hym.

  • 3 For the vision is yet for an appoynted time, but at the last it shall speake, and not lye: though it tary, wayte: for it shall surely come, and shall not stay.

  • 12 The wine is dryed vp, and the figge tree is decayed, the pomgranate tree, and the paulme, & the apple tree, euen all the trees of the fielde are withered vp: for ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men.

  • 30 The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise.

  • 21 Whiche long for death and finde it not, though they search more for it than for treasures:

  • 11 Because nowe that euyll workes are not hastyly punished, the heart of man geueth hym selfe ouer vnto wickednesse.

  • 5 The deuises of one that is diligent, bring plenteousnesse: but he that is vnaduised, commeth vnto pouertie.

  • 12 What man is he that listeth to liue: and woulde fayne see good dayes.

  • 10 The vngodly shall see it, and it wyll greeue hym, he wyll gnashe with his teethe and consume away: the desire of the vngodly shall perishe.

  • 15 Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger.

  • 7 And nowe Lord what wayte I after? truely my hope is euen in thee.

  • 7 When an vngodly man dyeth, his hope is gone: the confidence of riches shall perishe.

  • 22 A mery heart make a lustie age: but a sorowfull minde dryeth vp the bones.

  • 24 The thing that the vngodly is afraide of, shall come vpon hym: but the ryghteous shall haue their desire.

  • 5 I haue wayted for God, my soule haue wayted for hym: and I haue reposed my trust in his worde.

  • 4 Delight thou also in God: and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire.

  • 16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to lyfe: but the fruites of the vngodly, to sinne.

  • 18 I woulde haue had comfort against sorowe: but sorowe is come vpon me, and heauinesse vexeth my heart.

  • 13 The heart is sorowfull euen in laughter, and the ende of myrth is heauinesse.

  • 5 When men shall feare in hye places, and be afraide in the streetes, when the Almonde tree shall florishe and be laden with the grashopper, and when all lust shal passe: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streetes.

  • Jer 17:7-8
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    7 O blessed is the man that putteth his trust in the Lorde, and whose hope is in the Lorde hym selfe.

    8 For he shalbe as a tree that is planted by the water side, which spreadeth out the roote vnto moystnesse, whom the heate can not harme when it commeth, but his leafe shalbe greene: And though there growe but litle fruite because of drouth, yet is he not carefull, but he neuer leaueth of to bryng foorth fruite.

  • 4 A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.

  • 16 Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde: then great treasure, and trouble therwith.

  • 14 Man shalbe satisfied with good thinges: by the fruite of his mouth, and after the workes of his handes shall he be rewarded.

  • 9 The cleare sight of the eye, is better then that the soule shoulde walke after desires of the lust: Howbeit, this is also a vayne thyng, and a disquietnesse of mynde.

  • 23 A ioyfull thing it is to a man whe his counsayle is folowed: and howe good is a worde spoken in season.

  • 25 But and yf we hope for that we see not, the do we with pacience abide for it.

  • 26 The good man with stilnesse and pacience, taryeth for the health of the Lorde.

  • 12 No, but whilste it is nowe in his greennesse, though it be not cut downe, yet withereth it before any other hearbe:

  • 21 The heritage that commeth hastylye at the first, shall not be blessed at the ende.

  • 30 The clearnes of the eye reioyseth the heart, & a good name feedeth the bones.

  • 81 Caph My soule hath faynted after thy saluation: I geue earnest attedaunce vnto thy worde.

  • 21 Who so foloweth righteousnesse and mercy, findeth both life, righteousnesse, and honour.