1 Samuel 16:7

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Summary

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

Look not

Proverbs 31:30

Seeth not

1 Peter 3:4

Looketh

John 7:24

2 Corinthians 10:7

On the heart

Bible References

Look not

And he had a son whose name was Saul, choice and comely; and there was not among the children of Israel a comelier person than he; from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

And they ran and fetched him thence; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man;

Gracefulness is deceitful and beauty is vain; a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

Seeth not

Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.

And he said to them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God.

To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,

but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.

Looketh

Judge not according to sight, but judge righteous judgment.

Do ye look at what concerns appearance? If any one has confidence in himself that he is of Christ, let him think this again in himself, that even as he is of Christ, so also are we.

On the heart

then hear thou in the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest (for thou, thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men),

And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever.

For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro through the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous man; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.

Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;

Sheol and destruction are before Jehovah; how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

But thou, Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

And thou, Jehovah of hosts, who triest the righteous, who seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

And they prayed, and said, Thou Lord, knower of the hearts of all, shew which one of these two thou hast chosen,

And there is not a creature unapparent before him; but all things are naked and laid bare to his eyes, with whom we have to do.

and her children will I kill with death; and all the assemblies shall know that I am he that searches the reins and the hearts; and I will give to you each according to your works.