Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but the desire cometh, a tree of life.
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Context
10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised wisdom.
11 Wealth by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but the desire cometh, a tree of life.
13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
14 The law of the wise a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.