Proverbs 13:12-14

American Standard Version

¹² Hope deferred maketh the heart sick;
But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
¹³ Whoso despiseth the word ^[a]bringeth destruction on himself;
But he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
¹⁴ The ^[b]law of the wise is a fountain of life,
That one may depart from the snares of death.