Proverbs 27:18

All About Life

¹⁷ [As] iron sharpens iron, so {one man sharpens another}. ¹⁸ He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored. ¹⁹ As the waters [reflect] {face to face}, so the heart of a person [reflects] the person.

Eat the Fruit

Lord Shall

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who ever serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Who shepherds a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?

Song of Songs 8:12

{My own "vineyard" belongs to me}; the "thousand" are for you, O Solomon, {and "two hundred" for those who tend its fruit}.

Luke 12:43-44

Blessed [is] that slave whom his master will find so doing [when he] comes back.

Genesis 24:2-3

And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh

Genesis 39:2-5

And Yahweh was with Joseph, and he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.

Genesis 39:22-23

And the chief of the prison put all the prisoners that [were] in the prison into the hand of Joseph. And everything that was done there, he [was] the one who did [it].

Exodus 24:13

And Moses got up, and Joshua, his assistant, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore,' {declares} Yahweh the God of Israel, 'though I solemnly said that your house and the house of your ancestor would walk before me forever, but now,' {declares} Yahweh, 'far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me, I will treat with contempt!

2 Kings 3:11

Then Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there no prophet of Yahweh here that we might inquire [guidance] from Yahweh?" One of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."

2 Kings 5:2-3

When the Arameans went [on] a raid, they brought back a young girl from the land of Israel, and {she came into the service of} the wife of Naaman.

2 Kings 5:25

When he went and stood by his master, Elisha asked him, "From where have you come, Gehazi?" And he said, "Your servant has not gone {anywhere}."

2 Kings 5:27

The skin disease of Naaman shall cling to you and to your offspring forever." Then he went out from before him having a skin disease like the snow.

Psalm 123:2

Behold, as [the] eyes of servants [look] to the hand of their master, as [the] eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes [look] to Yahweh our God, until he is gracious to us.

Proverbs 17:2

A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.

Proverbs 22:29

A man who is skillful in his work, you shall see: before kings, he will serve; he will not serve before the commoners.

Matthew 24:25

Behold, I have told you ahead of time!

Matthew 24:46

Blessed [is] that slave whom his master will find so doing [when he] comes back.

Matthew 25:21-22

His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few [things]; I will put you [in charge] over many [things]. Enter into the joy of your master!'

Mark 10:43

But it is not like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Luke 12:37

Blessed [are] those slaves whom the master will find on the alert [when he] returns! Truly I say to you that he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table and will come by [and] serve them.

Luke 19:17

And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small thing, {have authority} over ten cities.'

John 12:26

If anyone serves me, he must follow me, and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Acts 10:7

And when the angel who spoke to him departed, he summoned two of the household slaves and a devout soldier from those who attended him,

1 Corinthians 3:8

Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one, but each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

1 Corinthians 9:13

Do you not know that those performing the holy services eat the things from the temple, [and] those attending to the altar have a share with the altar?

Colossians 3:22

Slaves, obey your {human} masters in everything, not {while being watched}, as people pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

2 Timothy 2:6

The farmer who works hard must [be] the first to receive a share of the crops.

1 Peter 2:18

Domestic slaves, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to those [who are] good and gentle, but also to those [who are] unjust.

1 Peter 2:21

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his footsteps,