1 Samuel 16:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

the same had a son called Saul, a goodly young man, so that among the children of Israel, there was none goodlier than he, and was thereto, from the shoulders upward, higher than all the other people.

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

Moreover, in all Israel there was not so goodly a man as Absalom, or so greatly praised - from the sole of his foot to the top of his head there was no blemish in him.

He hath no pleasure in the strength of a horse, neither delighteth he in any man's legs.

Favour is a deceitful thing, and beauty is vanity; but a woman that feareth God, she shall be praised.

Seeth not

Hast thou fleshly eyes then, or doest thou look as a man looketh?

For thus sayeth the LORD: My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways.

and he said unto them, "Ye are they, which justify yourselves before men: but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed among men is abominable in the sight of God.

to whom ye come as unto a living stone, disallowed of men, but chosen of God and precious:

but let the hid man of the heart be uncorrupt, with a meek and a quiet spirit, which spirit is, before God, a thing much set by.

Looketh

Judge not after the outer appearance: but judge righteous judgment."

Look ye on things after the outer appearance? If any man trust in himself that he is Christ's, let the same also consider of himself, that as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.

On the heart

And be merciful, and work, and give every man according to his ways - even as thou only knowest every man's heart, for thou knowest the hearts of all the children of Adam -

And thou, Solomon my son: know God thy father and serve him with a pure heart and lust of soul. For the LORD searcheth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of thoughts. If thou shalt seek him, he will be found of thee: But and if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.

For the eyes of the LORD behold all the earth, to strengthen the hearts of them that are whole with him. Herein thou hast done foolishly, and therefore from henceforth thou shalt have war."

O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; but guide thou the just. For the righteous God trieth the very hearts and reins.

Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thoughts afar off.

The hell with her pain is known to the LORD; how much more then the hearts of men?

A man thinketh all his ways to be clean; but it is the LORD that fashioneth the minds.

Therefore I will beseech thee now, O LORD of Hosts, thou righteous judge, thou that tryest the reins and the hearts: let me see the avenged of them, for unto thee have I committed my cause.

"Even I the LORD search out the ground of the heart, and try the reins, and reward every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his counsels."

And now, O LORD of Hosts, thou righteous searcher which knowest the reins and the very hearts: let me see them punished, for unto thee I commit my cause.

And they prayed, saying, "Thou Lord which knowest the hearts of all men, show whether thou hast chosen of these two,

Neither is there any creature invisible in the sight of it. For all things are naked and bare unto the eyes of him, of whom we speak.

And I will kill her children with death. And all the congregations shall know that I am he which searches the reins and hearts. And I will give unto everyone of you according to your works.