Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Hope

Psalm 42:1
For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.
As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So my soul pants for You, O God.
Psalm 69:3
I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalm 119:81
Kaph.
My soul languishes for Your salvation;
I wait for Your word.
Psalm 143:7
Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails;
Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.
Song of Songs 5:8
“I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
If you find my beloved,
As to what you will tell him:
For I am lovesick.”

When

Proverbs 13:19
Desire realized is sweet to the soul,
But it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil.
Genesis 21:6
Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
Genesis 46:30
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
1 Samuel 1:26
She said, “Oh, my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you, praying to the Lord.
Psalm 17:15
As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness;
I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.
Psalm 40:2
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.
Luke 2:29
“Now Lord, You are releasing Your bond-servant to depart in peace,
According to Your word;
John 16:22
Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

A tree

Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her,
And happy are all who hold her fast.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And he who is wise wins souls.
Revelation 22:2
in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

General references

Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her,
And happy are all who hold her fast.