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, a choice young man, and handsome: and there was not among the children of Israel a more handsome person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

And they ran and brought him there: 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 delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes not pleasure in the legs of a man.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

Seeth not

Have you eyes of flesh? or see you as man sees?

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the LORD.

And he said unto them, You are they who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

To whom coming, as unto a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Looketh

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Do you look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trusts to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.

On the heart

Then hear you in heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)

And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. In this you have done foolishly: therefore from now on you shall have wars.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tests the minds and hearts.

You know my downsitting and my uprising, you understand my thought afar off.

Sheol and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

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

But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for unto you have I revealed my cause.

I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

But, O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, and sees the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for unto you have I opened my cause.

And they prayed, and said, You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which of these two you have chosen,

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.