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12 Hope postponed grieves the heart;
    but when a dream comes true, life is full and sweet.
13 The one who hates good counsel will reap failure and ruin,
    but the one who reveres God’s instruction will be rewarded.
14 Wise instruction is a spring yielding a satisfied life;
    those who follow it avoid the traps that lead to death.

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12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.(A)

13 Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,(B)
    but whoever respects(C) a command is rewarded.(D)

14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,(E)
    turning a person from the snares of death.(F)

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