Proverbs 27:18

18 1Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who 2guards his master will be honored.

Proverbs 27:18 In-Context

16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand.
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
19 As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Song of Songs 8:12; 1 Corinthians 3:8; 1 Corinthians 9:7; 2 Timothy 2:6
  • 2. [Matthew 25:21]
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