12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 13:12
Instruction, Speech, Desire, Wealth, and the Way of the Wise
The chapter moves through compact wisdom contrasts about instruction, speech, diligence, righteousness, wealth, pride, counsel, desire, discipline, companionship, inheritance, injustice, parental correction, and satisfaction.
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Verse 12
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Hopeתּוֹחֶ֣לֶתH8431Noun - feminine singular constructdeferredמְ֭מֻשָּׁכָהH4900Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singularmakes the heartלֵ֑בH3820Noun - masculine singularsickמַחֲלָה־H2470Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singularbut desireתַּאֲוָ֥הH8378Noun - feminine singularfulfilledבָאָֽה׃H935Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singularis a treeוְעֵ֥ץH6086Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructof lifeחַ֝יִּ֗יםH2416Noun - masculine plural