Verse 12

¶ Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:19 : 19 ¶ The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.
  • John 16:22 : 22 ‹And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.›
  • Gen 21:6-7 : 6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me. 7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born [him] a son in his old age.
  • Gen 46:30 : 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou [art] yet alive.
  • 1 Sam 1:26-28 : 26 And she said, Oh my lord, [as] thy soul liveth, my lord, I [am] the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. 27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him: 28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
  • Ps 40:2-3 : 2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
  • Ps 119:81-83 : 81 ¶ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? 83 ¶ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 ¶ Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 ¶ The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.
  • Ps 42:1-3 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God?
  • Rev 22:2 : 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations.
  • Song 5:8 : 8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick of love.
  • Luke 2:29-30 : 29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,