18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 27:18
Faithful Friendship, Honest Rebuke, Guarded Praise, Wise Stewardship, and the Testing of the Heart
The chapter moves from humility before tomorrow and restraint in praise, to anger, jealousy, rebuke, and friendship, to appetite and neighborly loyalty, to prudence, surety, and speech timing, to relational sharpening and service, to the heart's reflection and testing by praise, and finally to careful stewardship of flocks, fields, and household provision.
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Verse 18
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Whoever tends נֹצֵ֣ר H5341 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular a fig tree תְּ֭אֵנָה H8384 Noun - feminine singular will eat יֹאכַ֣ל H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular its fruit פִּרְיָ֑הּ H6529 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular and he who looks after וְשֹׁמֵ֖ר H8104 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular his master אֲדֹנָ֣יו H113 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular will be honored יְכֻבָּֽד׃ H3513 Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular