18Whoever 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 tendsנֹצֵ֣רH5341Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singulara fig treeתְּ֭אֵנָהH8384Noun - feminine singularwill eatיֹאכַ֣לH398Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularits fruitפִּרְיָ֑הּH6529Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularand he who looks afterוְשֹׁמֵ֖רH8104Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularhis masterאֲדֹנָ֣יוH113Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularwill be honoredיְכֻבָּֽד׃H3513Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular