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Proverbs 13:12
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 13:12
Lexham English Bible
12 Hope that is deferred makes the heart[a] sick,
but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:12 Or “mind”
Proverbs 13:19
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 13:19
Lexham English Bible
19 A desire fulfilled[a] will be sweet to the soul,
but an abomination of fools is turning from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:19 Literally “made to be,” “brought about”
Proverbs 23:17-18
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Proverbs 23:17-18
Lexham English Bible
17 May your heart[a] not envy the sinners,
but live in fear of Yahweh all day.[b]
18 Surely[c] there is a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:17 Or “mind”
- Proverbs 23:17 Literally “all the day”
- Proverbs 23:18 Literally “For if”
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