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Cast the beam out of your own eye before you try to cast the mote from the eyes of your neighbour.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about eyes, americans, contentment

He can't see the beam in his own, but he's looking for an eyelash in someone else's.

Proverbs and old sayings Azere

A single beam cannot support a great house.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, house

No matter how big, one beam cannot support a house.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, house

No matter how stout one beam, it cannot support a house.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, house

One beam, no matter how big, cannot support an entire house on its own.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, house

Who sees a mote in other's eye will not see a beam in his own eye.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian

One rotten beam can make a whole house collapse.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about home, house

Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

Proverbs and old sayings French

He can see the splinter in another's eye but cannot see even the beam in his own.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

You can see a mote in another's eye, but cannot see a beam in your own.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about contentment