"Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life."
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As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire [that] cometh to pass is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life `is' the coming desire.