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Proverbs 13

Prov. 13:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hope
towcheleth (Hebrew #8431)
expectation
KJV usage: hope.
Pronounce: to-kheh'-leth
Origin: from 3176
deferred
mashak (Hebrew #4900)
to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
KJV usage: draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, X give, handle, make (pro-, sound)long, X sow, scatter, stretch out.
Pronounce: maw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root
maketh the heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
sick
chalah (Hebrew #2470)
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
KJV usage: beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, X pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit (X supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.
Pronounce: khaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2342, 2470, 2490)
: but when the desire
ta'avah (Hebrew #8378)
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
KJV usage: dainty, desire, X exceedingly, X greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also 6914.
Pronounce: tah-av-aw'
Origin: from 183 (abbreviated)
cometh
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
, it is a tree
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
of life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
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Ministry on This Verse

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Hope.
Psa. 42:1‑3• 1To the chief musician; Maschil, for the sons of Korah.{HR}As the hart longeth after the brooks of water,{HR}So my soul longeth after thee, Ο God.
 2My soul hath thirsted for God, for the living God:{HR}When shall I come and appear before God?
 3My tears have been food to me by day and by night,{HR}Whilst they say unto me all the day, Where [is] thy God? (Psa. 42:1‑3)
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Psa. 69:3• 3I am wearied in my crying, parched is my throat,{HR}Mine eyes fail, while waiting for my God (Eloah). (Psa. 69:3)
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Psa. 119:81‑83• 81My soul fainteth for thy salvation;{HR}In thy word do I hope.
 82Mine eyes fail for thy saying, so that I say (saying),{HR}When wilt thou comfort me?
 83For I am become like a wine-skin in smoke;{HR}Thy statutes I forget not. (Psa. 119:81‑83)
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Psa. 143:7• 7Hasten, answer me, Jehovah: my spirit faileth;{HR}Hide not thy face from me,{HR}And I shall not be like [those that] go down to the pit. (Psa. 143:7)
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Song of Sol. 5:8• 8I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem,{HR}If ye find my beloved,{HR}That ye tell him, that I am sick of love. (Song of Sol. 5:8)
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Prov. 13:19• 19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul;{HR}But [it is] abomination to the foolish to depart from evil. (Prov. 13:19)
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Gen. 21:6‑7• 6And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
 7And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. (Gen. 21:6‑7)
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Gen. 46:30• 30And Israel said to Joseph, This time let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou livest. (Gen. 46:30)
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1 Sam. 1:26‑28• 26And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto Jehovah.
 27For this child I prayed; and Jehovah hath given me my petition which I asked of him.
 28Therefore also I have lent him to Jehovah; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to Jehovah. And he worshipped Jehovah there. (1 Sam. 1:26‑28)
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Psa. 17:15• 15As for me, in righteousness I shall behold thy face;{HR}I shall be satisfied in awaking [with] thy likeness. (Psa. 17:15)
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Psa. 40:2‑3• 2And he brought me up from a pit of noise,{HR}From the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock;{HR}He fixed my steps.
 3And he put in my mouth a new song, praise to our God:{HR}Many shall see and fear, and trust in Jehovah. (Psa. 40:2‑3)
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Luke 2:29‑30• 29Lord, now thou lettest thy bondman go according to thy word, in peace,
 30for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, (Luke 2:29‑30)
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John 16:22• 22And ye therefore now have grief, but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh from you. (John 16:22)
a tree.
Prov. 3:18• 18She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold on her;{HR}And blessed [is] he that retaineth her. (Prov. 3:18)
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Prov. 11:30• 30The fruit of the righteous [is] as a tree of life;{HR}And the wise winneth souls. (Prov. 11:30)
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Rev. 22:2• 2In the midst of the street of it and of the river, on this side and on that side, was the tree of life producing twelve fruits, every month yielding its fruit; and the leaves of the tree for healing of the nations. (Rev. 22:2)
• David once was sick with yearning desire. He would taste the water of the well of his childhood. But when his desire was met and the water was brought, it was too precious for him to taste: he poured it out before the Lord (1 Chron. 11:15-19). (“Proverbs Thirteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire that cometh to pass is a tree of life.

W. Kelly Translation

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Hope deferred maketh the heart sick;{HR}But a desire [that] cometh to pass [is] a tree of life.