Proverbs 13:12-14

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

13 Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it, but whoever respects a command is rewarded.

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

Cross References

• 1. S Proverbs 10:11
• 2. S Numbers 15:31; 2 Chronicles 36:16
• 3. Exodus 9:20
• 4. Proverbs 16:20
• 5. S Proverbs 10:11
• 6. Proverbs 14:27