Proverbs 13:12

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Proverbs 13:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

11 Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

13 He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.

14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.

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Psalms 42:1

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

Psalms 42:2

My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?

Psalms 42:3

My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalms 69:3

I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Psalms 119:81

My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

Psalms 119:82

My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

Psalms 119:83

Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.

Psalms 143:7

Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.

Song of Solomon 5:8

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

Proverbs 13:19

Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.

Genesis 21:6

Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

Genesis 21:7

She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

Genesis 46:30

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”

1 Samuel 1:26

“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,

1 Samuel 1:28

I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.

Psalms 17:15

As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

Psalms 40:2

He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

Psalms 40:3

He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

Luke 2:29

“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.

Luke 2:30

For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

John 16:22

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

Revelation 22:2

down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.