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What does Proverbs 27:18 mean?
"Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored."
— Proverbs 27:18 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
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