Proverbs 27:18

All About Life

¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. ¹⁸ He who keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit of it, and he who regards his master shall be honored. ¹⁹ As in water face [is] to face, so the heart of a man [is] to a man.

Eat the Fruit

Lord Shall

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who ever enlists in an army at his own wage? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from the fruit of it? Or who feeds a flock and does not eat from the milk of the flock?

Song of Songs 8:12

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me. Thou, O Solomon, shall have the thousand, and those who keep the fruit of it, two hundred.

Luke 12:43-44

Blessed is that bondman whom his lord when he comes will find so doing.

Genesis 24:2-3

And Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put thy hand, I pray thee, under my thigh.

Genesis 39:2-5

And LORD was with Joseph. And he was a man who succeeds. And he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Genesis 39:22-23

And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. And whatever they did there, he was the doer of it.

Exodus 24:13

And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister, and Moses went up onto the mount of God.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore LORD, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever, but now LORD says, Be it far from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me

2 Kings 3:11

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of LORD, that we may inquire of LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.

2 Kings 5:2-3

And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden, and she waited on Naaman's wife.

2 Kings 5:25

But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, From where did thou come, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went nowhere.

2 Kings 5:27

The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cling to thee, and to thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence a leper [as white] as snow.

Psalm 123:2

Behold, as the eyes of servants to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes [are] to LORD our God, until he has mercy upon us.

Proverbs 17:2

A servant who deals wisely shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brothers.

Proverbs 22:29

See thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.

Matthew 24:25

Behold, I have foretold it to you.

Matthew 24:46

Blessed is that bondman, whom his lord when he comes will find so doing.

Matthew 25:21-22

And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman. Thou were faithful over a few things, I will appoint thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Mark 10:43

But it is not so among you. Instead, whoever may want to become great among you, will be your helper,

Luke 12:37

Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord when he comes will find watching. Truly I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to sit down, and having come, will serve them.

Luke 19:17

And he said to him, Well, thou good bondman. Because thou became faithful in the least, be thou having authority over ten cities.

John 12:26

If any man serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there my helper will also be. And if any man serves me, the Father will value him.

Acts 10:7

And when the heavenly agent speaking to Cornelius departed, having called two of his housemen, and a devout soldier of those who personally served him,

1 Corinthians 3:8

Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each man will receive his own payment according to his own labor.

1 Corinthians 9:13

Know ye not that those being employed at the sacred things eat from the temple, and those who serve at the altar are partakers at the altar?

Colossians 3:22

Bondmen, obey in all things those masters according to flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God.

2 Timothy 2:6

The farmer who labors must be the first to partake of the fruits.

1 Peter 2:18

Household servants, submitting to the masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wayward.

1 Peter 2:21

For ye were called for this. Because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that ye should follow his footsteps.