Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
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- John 16:22 And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you.
- Proverbs 13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.
- Psalm 119:81–83 My soul fainteth for thy salvation; But I hope in thy word. Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me? For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.