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Proverbs 13:12

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Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

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  1. Proverbs 13:10

    Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

  2. Proverbs 13:11

    Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

  3. Proverbs 13:13

    Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

  4. Proverbs 13:14

    The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.