Proverbs 27:18
He that plants a fig tree shall eat the fruits of it: so he that waits on his own master shall be honoured.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
In Context
17Iron sharpens iron; and a man sharpens his friend's countenance.
19As faces are not like other faces, so neither are the thoughts of men.
Cross References
Genesis 24:2And Abraam said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put your hand under my thigh,
Genesis 39:22And the chief keeper of the prison gave the prison into the hand of Joseph, and all the prisoners + 39:22 Lit. men led away to prison or punishment. as many as were in the prison; and all things whatever they do there, he did them.
1 Samuel 2:30Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, I said, Your house and the house of your father shall pass before me for ever: but now the Lord says, That be far from me; for I will only honour them that honour me, and he that sets me at nothing shall be despised.
2 Kings 5:2And the Syrians went forth + 5:2 Gr. light armed, etc. in small bands, and took captive out of the land of Israel a little maid: and she + 5:2 Gr. was before. waited on Naiman's wife.
2 Kings 5:27The leprosy also of Naiman shall cleave to you, and to your seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, like snow.
Psalms 123:2if it had not been that the Lord was amongst us, when men rose up against us; 1
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 →