King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 13:12
“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 13
10
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.
11
Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
12
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.
13
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
14
The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.