Proverbs 13:19
Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
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- Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
- Revelation 7:14–16 “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them. ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
- Proverbs 29:27 An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.