Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
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- John 16:22 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 Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
- Psalm 119:81–83 My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?” Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.