Proverbs 13:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

The hope that is deferred, is the fainting of the heart: but when the desire commeth, it is as a tree of life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:19 : 19 A desire accomplished deliteth ye soule: but it is an abomination to fooles to depart from euil.
  • John 16:22 : 22 And ye nowe therefore are in sorowe: but I will see you againe, & your hearts shal reioyce, and your ioy shall no man take from you.
  • Gen 21:6-7 : 6 Then Sarah said, God hath made me to reioyce: all that heare will reioyce with me. 7 Againe she said, Who would haue saide to Abraham, that Sarah shoulde haue giuen children sucke? for I haue borne him a sonne in his olde age.
  • Gen 46:30 : 30 And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph, Now let me die, since I haue seene thy face, and that thou art yet aliue.
  • 1 Sam 1:26-28 : 26 And she said, Oh my Lord, as thy soule liueth, my lord, I am the woman that stoode with thee here praying vnto the Lord. 27 I prayed for this childe, and the Lord hath giuen me my desire which I asked of him. 28 Therefore also I haue giuen him vnto the Lorde: as long as he liueth hee shalbe giuen vnto the Lord: and he worshipped the Lord there.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 But I will beholde thy face in righteousnes, and when I awake, I shalbe satisfied with thine image.
  • Ps 40:2-3 : 2 Hee brought mee also out of the horrible pit, out of the myrie clay, and set my feete vpon the rocke, and ordered my goings. 3 And he hath put in my mouth a new song of praise vnto our God: many shal see it and feare, and shall trust in the Lord.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am wearie of crying: my throte is drie: mine eyes faile, whiles I waite for my God.
  • Ps 119:81-83 : 81 Caph. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde. 82 Mine eyes faile for thy promes, saying, when wilt thou comfort me? 83 For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Heare me speedily, O Lorde, for my spirit fayleth: hide not thy face from me, els I shall be like vnto them that go downe into the pit.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruite of the righteous is as a tree of life, and he that winneth soules, is wise.
  • Ps 42:1-3 : 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme to giue instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah. As the harte brayeth for the riuers of water, so panteth my soule after thee, O God. 2 My soule thirsteth for God, euen for the liuing God: when shall I come and appeare before the presence of God? 3 My teares haue bin my meate day & night, while they dayly say vnto me, Where is thy God?
  • Rev 22:2 : 2 In the middes of the street of it, and of either side of ye riuer, was the tree of life, which bare twelue maner of fruits, and gaue fruit euery moneth: and the leaues of the tree serued to heale the nations with.
  • Song 5:8 : 8 I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, if you finde my welbeloued, that you tell him that I am sicke of loue.
  • Luke 2:29-30 : 29 Lorde, nowe lettest thou thy seruaunt depart in peace, according to thy woorde, 30 For mine eyes haue seene thy saluation,

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