Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
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hope

Psalm 42:1-3
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. . . .

Psalm 69:3
I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Psalm 119:81-83
My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. . . .

Psalm 143:7
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who go down to the Pit.

Song of Solomon 5:8
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

when

Proverbs 13:19
Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.

Genesis 21:6, 7
Then Sarah said, "God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me." . . .

Genesis 46:30
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!"

1 Samuel 1:26-28
"Please, my lord, " said Hannah, "as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. . . .

Psalm 17:15
As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with Your presence.

Psalm 40:2, 3
He lifted me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. . . .

Luke 2:29, 30
"Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace. . . .

John 16:22
So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

a tree

Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.

Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

Revelation 22:2
down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, producing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

King James Bible
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Delayed hope makes the heart sick, but fulfilled desire is a tree of life.

International Standard Version
Delayed hope makes the heart ill, but fulfilled longing is a tree of life.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A man who begins to help is better than he that props up with hope, and the tree of life brings hope.
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