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Proverbs 13:12

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

KJV

Spes quæ differtur affligit animam ; lignum vitæ desiderium veniens.

Vulgate

κρείσσων ἐναρχομένοις βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή.

LXX

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

ASV

תּוֹחֶ֣לֶת מְ֭מֻשָּׁכָה מַחֲלָה לֵ֑ב וְ/עֵ֥ץ חַ֝יִּ֗ים תַּאֲוָ֥ה בָאָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
חָלָ֖ה
chlh
verb · 75×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 6×
מָשַׁ֤ךְ
mshk
verb · 35×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
תַּאֲוַ֣ת
t'vt
verb · 21×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 1:26 — 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.
  • Gen 21:6 — And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
  • Gen 46:30 — And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
  • John 16:22 — 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.
  • Luke 2:29 — Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
  • Prov 3:18 — She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
  • Prov 3:18 — She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
  • Prov 11:30 — The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
  • Prov 13:19 — The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
  • Prov 13:19 — The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
  • Ps 17:15 — As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
  • Ps 40:2 — 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.
  • Ps 69:3 — I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
  • Ps 119:20 — My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
  • Ps 119:81 — My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
  • Ps 119:82 — Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
  • Ps 143:7 — 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.
  • Rev 2:7 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
  • Rom 4:18 — Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
  • Song 5:8 — I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.