Proverbs 13:12-14

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¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    ^(A)but a desire fulfilled is ^(B)a tree of life.
¹³ Whoever ^(C)despises ^(D)the word brings destruction on himself,
    but he who reveres the commandment will be ^(E)rewarded.
¹⁴ The teaching of the wise is ^(F)a fountain of life,
    that one may ^(G)turn away from the snares of death.