Proverbs 13:12-14

World English Bible

¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
¹³ Whoever despises instruction will pay for it,
    but he who respects a command will be rewarded.
¹⁴ The teaching of the wise is a spring of life,
    to turn from the snares of death.