Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

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

KJV · King James Version

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

WEB · World English Bible

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

Hope: Psalm 42:1–3; Psalm 69:3; Psalm 119:81–83; Psalm 143:7; Song of Songs 5:8
when: Proverbs 13:19; Genesis 21:6, 7; Genesis 46:30; 1 Samuel 1:26–28; Psalm 17:15; Psalm 40:2, 3; Luke 2:29, 30; John 16:22
a tree: Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 11:30; Revelation 22:2