Proverbs 13:12 - Heartlight

¹²Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

— Proverbs 13:12

(BSB)

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Cross References for Proverbs 13:12

John 16:22
Proverbs 13:19
Proverbs 3:18
Psalm 119:81-83
Psalm 17:15
Proverbs 11:30
Psalm 40:2-3
Psalm 69:3
Genesis 21:6-7
Psalm 143:7

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