Proverbs 13:12
“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
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“The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.”
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