OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 6:13

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who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,

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Verse 13. Finger. These signs imply haughtiness, and so forth Psalms 34:19. Isaiah 58:9. The posture indicates the interior sentiments, (Saint Ambrose off. i. 18.) insomuch, that Saint Ambrose would not receive among the clergy one whose gestures were too light. The Persians still speak by signs. Calmet.

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