Better is he that begins to help heartily, than he that promises and leads [another] to hope: for a good desire is a tree of life.
LXX2012
Proverbs 13:12
Better is he that begins to help heartily, than he that promises and leads [another] to hope: for a good desire is a tree of life.
Parallel Translations
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
Cross References
John 16:22Proverbs 13:19Psalms 119:81–83Proverbs 3:18Psalms 17:15Proverbs 11:30Psalms 69:3Psalms 143:7Genesis 21:6–7Psalms 40:2–3Song of Solomon 5:81 Samuel 1:26–28Genesis 46:30Luke 2:29–30Revelation 22:2
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