Proverbs 13:12

When the desire cometh - The desire comes, it is a tree of life: i. e., the object of our desires is attained. Compare Proverbs 3:18.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of waiting for a...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

deferred . protracted. maketh... sick . enfeebleth. Illustrations: Abraham ( Genesis 15:2 ; Genesis 15:3 ); David ( Psalms 42:1-3 ); the Jews ( L...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick - When once a good is...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 de...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A tree of life. — See above, on Proverbs 11:30 .
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 14 PRIDE AND HUMILITY "A wise son heareth his father's instruction, but a scorner heareth not rebuke."- Proverbs 13:1 “Poverty and sha...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 13:2 . Compare this with Proverbs 12:14 . As the words of a good man benefit himself as well as others, so the evil deeds of transgr...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick ,.... That is, the object hoped for; if it is not enjoyed so soon as expected, at least if it is delayed any len...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life. Ver. 12. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. ] Hope's...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick The delay of that which a man eagerly desires and expects is such an affliction, that it differs little from a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. Note, 1. Nothing is more grievous than...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hope deferred; delays in obtaining that good which a man passionately desireth and hopeth for. The desire; the good desired and expected; acts be...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Those Who Want Their Hopes And Desires Fulfilled Must Respond God's Wisdom And Understanding, Heeding Those Who Teach Them, And It Will Be To Them A...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 13:12 . Latter clause, “a desire accomplished is a tree of life.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 13:12 DEFERRED AND...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 13:1 . A wise son heareth his father's instruction. This maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance to hear th...
The Biblical Illustrator

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. Hope deferred Hope deferred maketh the heart sick, wheth...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 13:1-15:19 Second section in this collection. Proverbs 13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction. The Author...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 12. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick, since the unfulfilled longing is too great a strain for a person; but when the desire cometh, it is a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 1:26-28 ; Genesis 21:6 ; Genesis 21:7 ; Genesis 46:30 ; John 16:22 ; Luke 2:29 ; Luke 2:30 ; Proverbs 11:30 ; Proverbs 3:18 ; Prov...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hope deferred — Delays in obtaining what a man passionately desires. The desire — The good desired. A tree of life — It is satisfactory, and revivi...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 13:12

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 13:12