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Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life. (Proverbs 13, 12)
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil. (Proverbs 13, 19)
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom. (Proverbs 18, 1)
The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar. (Proverbs 19, 22)
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. (Proverbs 21, 25)
Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: (Proverbs 23, 6)
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. (Proverbs 24, 1)
Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit. (Ecclesiastes 6, 9)
Also [when] they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and fears [shall be] in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: (Ecclesiastes 12, 5)
I [am] my beloved's, and his desire [is] toward me. (Song of Solomon 7, 10)
When it is present, men take example at it; and when it is gone, they desire it: it weareth a crown, and triumpheth for ever, having gotten the victory, striving for undefiled rewards. (Wisdom of Solomon 4, 2)
Wherefore set your affection upon my words; desire them, and ye shall be instructed. (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 11)