Proverbs 27:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and anyone who takes care of a master will be honored.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: So he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ 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)

¹⁸ Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Those who tend a fig tree will eat its fruit, and those who look after their master will be honored.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Whoever maintains the fig tree shall eat its fruit. And whoever is the keeper of his master shall be glorified.

Proverbs 27:18 Cross References

2 Timothy 2:6

It is the farmer who does the work who ought to have the first share of the crops.

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who at any time pays the expenses for doing military service? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not get any of its milk?

Song of Solomon 8:12

My vineyard, my very own, is for myself; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand and the keepers of the fruit two hundred!

1 Corinthians 3:8

The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and each will receive wages according to their own labor.

Luke 12:37

Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them.

John 12:26

Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.

Luke 19:17

He said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small thing, take charge of ten cities.’

Matthew 24:46

Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see those who are skillful in their work? They will serve kings; they will not serve common people.

1 Peter 2:21

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps.

1 Peter 2:18

Slaves, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only those who are good and gentle but also those who are dishonest.

Colossians 3:22

Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not with a slavery performed merely for looks, to please people, but wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.

1 Corinthians 9:13

Do you not know that those who work in the temple service get their food from the temple and those who serve at the altar share in what is sacrificed on the altar?

Acts 10:7

When the angel who spoke to him had left, he called two of his slaves and a devout soldier from the ranks of those who served him,

Mark 10:43

But it is not so among you; instead, whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant,

Matthew 24:25

Take note, I have told you beforehand.

Proverbs 17:2

A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the family.

Psalm 123:2

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, until he has mercy upon us.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: I promised that your family and the family of your ancestor should go in and out before me forever, 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 treated with contempt.

Exodus 24:13

So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up onto the mountain of God.

2 Kings 5:27

Therefore the skin disease of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he left his presence diseased, as white as snow.

2 Kings 5:25

He went in and stood before his master, and Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered, “Your servant has not gone anywhere at all.”

2 Kings 3:11

But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no prophet of the Lord here through whom we may inquire of the Lord?” Then one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat, who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah, is here.”

Luke 12:42

And the Lord said, “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent manager whom his master will put in charge of his slaves, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?

2 Kings 18:31

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 from your own vine and your own fig tree and drink water from your own cistern,

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another.

Proverbs 27:19

Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another.

Isaiah 36:16

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 from your own vine and your own fig tree and drink water from your own cistern,

Esther 6:11

So Haman took the robes and the horse and robed Mordecai and led him riding through the open square of the city, proclaiming, “Thus shall it be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor.”