Proverbs 27:18

All About Life

¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. ¹⁸ He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit,
And he who cares for his master will be honored.
¹⁹ As in water face corresponds to face, so the heart of man to man.

Eat the Fruit

Lord Shall

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? or who feeds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock?

Song of Songs 8:12

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me; the thousand pieces shall be thine, O Solomon, and two hundred for those that keep the fruit.

Luke 12:43-44

Blessed is that slave whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.

Genesis 24:2-3

And Abraham said unto his eldest slave of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,

Genesis 39:2-5

But the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prospered man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Genesis 39:22-23

And the prince of the house of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatever they did there, he was the doer of it.

Exodus 24:13

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

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore, the LORD God of Israel said, I had said indeed that thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever, but now the LORD said, It shall never be; for those that honor me I will honor, and those that lightly esteem me shall be vile.

2 Kings 3:11

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

2 Kings 5:2-3

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

2 Kings 5:25

But when he went in and stood before his master, Elisha said unto him, From where comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went nowhere.

2 Kings 5:27

The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

Psalm 123:2

Behold, as the eyes of slaves look unto the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until he shall have mercy upon us.

Proverbs 17:2

A prudent slave shall have rule over a son that causes shame and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Proverbs 22:29

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

Matthew 24:25

Behold, I have told you before.

Matthew 24:46

Blessed is that slave whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.

Matthew 25:21-22

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful slave; thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Mark 10:43

But it shall not be like this among you, for whosoever desires to make himself great among you shall be your servant;

Luke 12:37

Blessed are those slaves, whom the lord when he comes shall find watching; verily I say unto you that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to food and will come forth and serve them.

Luke 19:17

And he said unto him, Well done, thou good slave; because thou hast been faithful in a very little, thou shalt have authority over ten cities.

John 12:26

If anyone serves me, let them follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; the one that serves me, will my Father honour.

Acts 10:7

And when the angel who spoke unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those that waited on him continually;

1 Corinthians 3:8

Now he that plants and he that waters are one although each one shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

1 Corinthians 9:13

Do ye not know that those who work with sacred things live of the things of the sanctuary? and those who serve at the altar partake of the altar?

Colossians 3:22

Slaves, in all things hearken unto your masters according to the flesh, not serving to be seen as those who only please men, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

2 Timothy 2:6

The husbandman, in order to receive the fruits, must first work hard.

1 Peter 2:18

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and humane, but also to the unjust.

1 Peter 2:21

Because for this were ye called: for the Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps