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12 Delayed hope makes the heart ill,
    but fulfilled longing is a tree of life.

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19 Fulfilled longing is sweet to the soul,
    but avoiding evil is detestable to the fool.

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30 Bright eyes[a] encourage the heart;
    good news nourishes the body.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:30 Or A cheerful look
  2. Proverbs 15:30 Lit. bones

22 A joyful heart is good medicine,
    but a broken spirit drains one’s strength.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 17:22 Lit. spirit dries the bones