Proverbs 13:12

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:19 : 19 Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.
  • John 16:22 : 22 Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
  • Gen 21:6-7 : 6 Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me." 7 She said, "Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age."
  • Gen 46:30 : 30 Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive."
  • 1 Sam 1:26-28 : 26 She said, "Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh. 27 For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him. 28 Therefore also I have granted him to Yahweh. As long as he lives he is granted to Yahweh." He worshiped Yahweh there.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form. For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,
  • Ps 40:2-3 : 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand. 3 He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
  • Ps 119:81-83 : 81 My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word. 82 My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?" 83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don't forget your statutes.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't hide your face from me, so that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
  • Ps 42:1-3 : 1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"
  • Rev 22:2 : 2 in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
  • Song 5:8 : 8 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends
  • Luke 2:29-30 : 29 "Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace; 30 for my eyes have seen your salvation,

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