Proverbs 13:12NET Bible
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.
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Genesis 14:23
that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say, 'It is I who made Abram rich.'
Genesis 19:26
But Lot's wife looked back longingly and was turned into a pillar of salt.
Genesis 24:45
"Before I finished praying in my heart, along came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder! She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'
Genesis 30:42
But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban and the stronger animals to Jacob.
Genesis 45:20
Don't worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt will be yours.'"