Proverbs 13:12

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

Cross References (16)

  • John 16:22 (28)

    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.

  • Proverbs 13:19 (27)

    Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.

  • Psalms 119:81–83 (14)

    My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

  • Psalms 17:15 (13)

    As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

  • Proverbs 11:30 (13)

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

  • Proverbs 3:18 (13)

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

  • Psalms 69:3 (12)

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

  • Psalms 143:7 (11)

    Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pi

  • Genesis 21:6–7 (10)

    Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

  • Psalms 40:2–3 (10)

    He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

  • Song of Solomon 5:8 (7)

    O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

  • 1 Samuel 1:26–28 (5)

    “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the

  • Genesis 46:30 (5)

    Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”

  • Luke 2:29–30 (3)

    “Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.

  • Revelation 22:2 (2)

    down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds o

  • Psalms 42:1–3 (0)

    For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You,