“Hope deferred makes the heart sick,but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.”
Proverbs 13:12 (WEB)
Context Reading
10Pride only breeds quarrels,but wisdom is with people who take advice. 11Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away,but he who gathers by hand makes it grow. 12Hope deferred makes the heart sick,but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life. 13Whoever despises instruction will pay for it,but he who respects a command will be rewarded. 14The teaching of the wise is a spring of life,to turn from the snares of death.