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18 Whoever nurtures the fig tree will eat its fruit,
    and whoever obeys[a] his master will be honored.

19 Just as water reflects the face,
    so the heart reflects the person.

20 Sheol[b] and Abaddon[c] are never satiated,
    and neither are human eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:18 Lit. guards
  2. Proverbs 27:20 I.e. the realm of the dead
  3. Proverbs 27:20 I.e. the realm of destruction in the afterlife