¹² Hope deferred maketh the heart sick;
But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

¹⁹ The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul;
But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

¹⁷ Let not thy heart envy sinners;
But be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
¹⁸ For surely there is a ^[a]reward;
And thy hope shall not be cut off.