Proverbs 27:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: So he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who patiently and faithfully guards and heeds his master shall be honored. [I Cor. 9:7, 13.] American Standard Version (1901) Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored. Common English Bible Those who tend a fig tree will eat its fruit, and those who look after their master will be honored. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever maintains the fig tree shall eat its fruit. And whoever is the keeper of his master shall be glorified. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified. |
Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make your peace with me and come out to me; then every one of you will eat of his own vine, and every one of his own fig tree, and every one of you will drink the water of his own cistern;
And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we may inquire of the Lord?” Then one of the king of Israel's servants answered, “Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.”
He went in, and stood before his master, and Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant went nowhere.”
Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cleave to you, and to your descendants for ever.” So he went out from his presence a leper, as white as snow.
So Haman took the robes and the horse, and he arrayed Mordecai and made him ride through the open square of the city, proclaiming, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.”
Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he have mercy upon us.
So Moses rose with his servant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God.
A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
Do you see a man skilful in his work? he will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
My vineyard, my very own, is for myself; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me and come out to me; then every one of you will eat of his own vine, and every one of his own fig tree, and every one of you will drink the water of his own cistern;
Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing.
But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes; truly, I say to you, he will gird himself and have them sit at table, and he will come and serve them.
And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?
And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
If any one serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; if any one serves me, the Father will honor him.
When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those that waited on him,
He who plants and he who waters are equal, and each shall receive his wages according to his labor.
Do you not know that those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings?
Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?
Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord.
It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the kind and gentle but also to the overbearing.
For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me for ever’; but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.