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Proverbs 27:18

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18rWhoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,

and he who sguards his master will be honored.

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Cross references

  1. rSong 8:12; 1 Cor. 3:8; 9:7; 2 Tim. 2:6
  2. s[Matt. 25:21]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit,

and whoever protects their master will be honored.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,

and whoever looks after his master will be honored.

NLTNew Living Translation

As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit,

so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,

and he who guards his master will be honored.

KJV 1900King James Version

Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof:

So he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.