Proverbs 13:12
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 13
“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”Proverbs 13:12
What Does Proverbs 13:12 Mean?
Proverbs 13:12 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 13, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Hope.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 13:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
John 16:22“And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.”Proverbs 13:19“The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.”Psalms 119:81“My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.”Psalms 69:3“I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.”Psalms 17:15“As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.”Psalms 143:7“Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.”Proverbs 3:18“She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.”Proverbs 11:30“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.”Psalms 40:2“He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.”Genesis 21:6“And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.”Revelation 2:7“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”Genesis 46:30“And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.”Song of Solomon 5:8“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.”Romans 4:18“Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.”1 Samuel 1:26“And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.”Psalms 119:82“Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?”Luke 2:29“Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:”Psalms 119:20“My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.”1 Samuel 27:1“And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.”Psalms 119:174“I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.”
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