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Proverbs 27:18 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 27 · verse 18
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.Proverbs 27:18 · King James Version
Proverbs 27:18 in context
16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- keepethnâtsarto guard, in a good sense or a bad oneH5341 →
- waitethshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- masterʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
- fruitpᵉrîyfruitH6529 →
- treetᵉʼênthe figH8384 →
- eatʼâkalto eatH398 →
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This is designed to encourage diligence, faithfulness, and constancy, even in mean employments. Though the calling be laborious and despicable, yet those who keep to it will find there is something to be got by it. 1. Let not a poor gardener, who keeps the fig-tree, be discouraged;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary