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Proverbs 27:18
He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.
Proverbs 27:18 · Webster Bible
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Proverbs 27:18 in other translations
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
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In context
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16 Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand [which] bewrayeth [itself].
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18 He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.
19 As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 [As] the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
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