Proverbs 27:18

Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat; similarly, servants who protect their master will be honored by him.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

In Context

17We can use one iron tool to sharpen another iron tool; similarly [SIM], when one person shares what he is thinking, it can help other people to think more clearly.

19When a person looks in the water, he sees his own face; similarly [SIM], when we look at a person’s behavior, we know what he is thinking.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:2One day Abraham said to the chief servant of his household, the man who was in charge of everything Abraham owned, “Put your hand between my thighs to solemnly promise you will do what I tell you.

Genesis 39:22So the prison warden put Joseph in charge of all those who were in the prison, and in charge of all the work that was done there.

1 Samuel 2:30“Therefore, this is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, declares: ‘I definitely promised that Aaron and his descendants would continue to serve [IDM] me forever.’ But now I declare this: ‘It will not continue like that! I will honor those who honor me, but I will despise those who despise me.

2 Kings 5:2Some time previously, groups of soldiers/marauders from Syria had raided/attacked the land of Israel, and they had captured a young girl and taken her to Syria. She became a servant for Naaman’s wife.

2 Kings 5:27Because you have done this, you and your children and all your descendants, forever, will have leprosy just like Naaman had!” And when Gehazi left the room, he was a leper! His skin was as white as snow!

Psalms 123:2Like servants ask [IDM] their masters for what they need and like maids ask t their mistresses for what they need, we ask you, Yahweh our God, for what we need, and we ask you to be merciful to us.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:18

17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. This intimates both the pleasure and the advantage of conversation. One man is nobody; nor will poring upon a book in a corner accomplish a man as the reading and studying of men will. Wise and profitable discourse sharpens men's wits; and those that have ever so much knowledge may by conference have something added to them. It sharpens men's looks, and, by cheering the spirits, puts a briskness and liveliness into the countenance, and… Read the whole commentary →

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