Proverbs 13:12-14

Modern English Version

¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

¹³ Whoever despises the word will be destroyed,
    but he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.

¹⁴ The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
    to depart from the snares of death.