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  Proverbs 13:12

  New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

• • 12 Expectation* postponed makes the heart sick,+

    But a desire realized is a tree of life.+

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  Proverbs 13:12

  New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

• • 12 Expectation* postponed makes the heart sick,+

    But a desire realized is a tree of life.+

• Proverbs 13:12

  New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References

• • 12 Expectation postponed is making the heart sick,+ but the thing desired is a tree of life when it does come.+

• Proverbs 13:12

  The Bible in Living English

• • 12* An expectation long drawn out breeds sickness in the heart; but a desire that comes true is bark from a tree of life.

• Proverbs 13:12

  The Emphasized Bible

• • 12 Hope deferred sickeneth the heart,—But a tree of life is desire fulfilled.

• Proverbs 13:12

  King James Version

• • 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

• Proverbs

  Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026

• • 13:12 it-2 250; w11 1/15 31; w03 9/15 25; w00 9/1 16; g94 9/8 14; g90 10/8 11

• Proverbs

  Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985

• • 13:12 w73 474; ad 1065; w61 259; g61 5/22 6

• Proverbs

  Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition

• • 13:12

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 250

    The Watchtower,

    1/15/2011, p. 31

    9/15/2003, p. 25

    9/1/2000, p. 16

    Awake!,

    9/8/1994, p. 14

    10/8/1990, p. 11