12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    (A)but a desire fulfilled is (B)a tree of life.
13 Whoever (C)despises (D)the word[a] brings destruction on himself,
    but he who reveres the commandment[b] will be (E)rewarded.
14 The teaching of the wise is (F)a fountain of life,
    that one may (G)turn away from the snares of death.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:13 Or a word
  2. Proverbs 13:13 Or a commandment

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