Proverbs 13:12

Verse 12. Hope. Septuagint “(the just shews mercy and lends) better is he who begins heartily to assist, than he who promises and leads to hope. For a bad (Grabe substitutes good) desire is a tree of life.”—Soul. Prot. “maketh the heart sick.” Bible.—The pain increases in proportion to our eager desire. Calvin maintains, that the souls of the blessed are not yet in heaven, but hope: and of course he would establish a sort of purgatory for them. Bible.