Proverbs 27:18
Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
In context
15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; 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. 21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 27:18 in the KJV
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: So he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 27:18 in the NIV
The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.