From “Legacy: Wisdom of African Traditions and the Bible” by Chris Morehouse; forward by Therese Taylor-Stinson
Seeing
He who does not see himself, does not even see when it is shown him.
-Swahili (Kenya and Tanzania)
Compare to the following:
Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not year or understood.
-Matthew 13:13
Eyes, see me too.
-Ovambo (Namibia)
You cannot point an accusing finger without leaving four directed at yourself.
-Igbo (Nigeria)
First sweep your own house before you despise someone else’s.
-Luhya (Kenya)
Before laughing at those who limp, look at the way you walk.
-Haiti
Compare to the following:
First remove the beam out of your own eye, and them you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.
-Matthew 7:5