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Proverbs 13:12


Proverbs 13:11 Proverbs 13:12 (KJV) Proverbs 13:13
Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

HopeH8431 deferredH4900 maketh the heartH3820 sickH2470: but when the desireH8378 comethH935, it is a treeH6086 of lifeH2416.


Original Hebrew

תֹּוחֶלֶת מְמֻשָּׁכָה מַחֲלָה־לֵב וְעֵץ חַיִּים תַּאֲוָה בָאָה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
תּוֹחֶ֣לֶת
to.Che.let H8431 HNcfsa hope
מְ֭מֻשָּׁכָה
Me.mu.sha.khah H4900 HVPsfsa deferred
מַחֲלָה
ma.cha.lah- H2470 HVhrfsa (is) making sick
לֵ֑ב
Lev H3820 HNcmsa (the) heart
וְ/עֵ֥ץ
ve./'Etz H6086 HC/Ncmsc and/ (is) a tree of
חַ֝יִּ֗ים
chai.Yim H2416 HNcmpa life
תַּאֲוָ֥ה
ta.'a.Vah H8378 HNcfsa a desire
בָאָֽה
va.'Ah H935 HVqrfsa (which) comes
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
  • H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; 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; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
  • H2470 — חָלָה (châlâh, khaw-law'): a primitive root (compare חוּל, חָלָה, חָלַל); 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; beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.
  • H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
  • H4900 — מָשַׁךְ (mâshak, maw-shak'): a primitive root; 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.); draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, [idiom] give, handle, make (pro-, sound) long, [idiom] sow, scatter, stretch out.
  • H6086 — עֵץ (ʻêts, ates): from עָצָה; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks); [phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
  • H8378 — תַּאֲוָה (taʼăvâh, tah-av-aw'): from אָוָה (abbreviated); a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm); dainty, desire, [idiom] exceedingly, [idiom] greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה.
  • H8431 — תּוֹחֶלֶת (tôwcheleth, to-kheh'-leth): from יָחַל; expectation; hope.

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