Proverbs 13:12-14

New International Reader's Version

¹² Hope that is put off makes one sick at heart.
    But a desire that is met is like a tree of life.

¹³ Anyone who hates what they are taught will pay for it later.
    But a person who respects a command will be rewarded.

¹⁴ The teaching of wise people is like a fountain that gives life.
    It turns those who listen to it away from the jaws of death.