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Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
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Verse 1. Most. Septuagint “he whose face is impudent, shall be hated.” The truly wise and virtuous man is always polite and affable. Calmet.—As we may form a probable conjecture of a person’s disposition from his countenance, so we may judge of man’s virtue by their actions. They are right and meritorious when the intention is good, ( Worthington.) and the works themselves blameless.
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