A dictionary is needed, please.

[Odessa Dawn]

"And why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own?"
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I need a dictionary in which I can find the figurative meanings for speck and log. Will you help me, please? Also, I receive Daily Devotion that need to be dealt with correctly when it comes to word meaning.

Thank you,

 

[SoothingDave]

It's Matthew 7:3 from the Bible. A "speck" is a little piece. In this case a little piece of wood, like sawdust. The "log" would be an entire large piece of a tree.

The point is that one should not worry about the small problems or faults that others have, since you have much larger faults of your own.

 

[Tdol]

Have some variations of the wording:
Matthew 7:3 "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

 

[5jj]

There are several other versions here, including those with motes and beams.