1Sa 16:7 | HCSB | STEP | But the Lord said to Samuel , “Do not look at his appearance or his stature , because I have rejected him. Man does not see what the Lord sees, for man sees what is visible , but the Lord sees the heart .”

c 1Kg 8:39; Jr 17:10; Lk 16:15; Jn 2:24-25

1 Samuel 16:7

7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have rejected him. Man does not see what the Lord sees, ^{▼▼LXX reads God does not see as a man sees} for man sees what is visible, ^{▼▼Lit what is of the eyes} but the Lord sees the heart.” ^c