Proverbs 13:12
International Standard Version
12 Delayed hope makes the heart ill,
but fulfilled longing is a tree of life.
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
International Standard Version
19 Fulfilled longing is sweet to the soul,
but avoiding evil is detestable to the fool.
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
International Standard Version
17 Never let yourself envy sinners;
instead, remain[a] in fear of the Lord every day,
18 for there is surely a future life,
and what you hope for will not be cut off.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:17 The Heb. lacks remain
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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