1Sa 16:7, Mat 23:5, Luk 16:15, Joh 7:24, Rom 2:28-29, 2Cor 5:12 | ESV | STEP | But the Lord said to Samuel , Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature , because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees : man looks on the outward appearance , but the Lord looks on the heart .

a Ps. 147:10, 11

b 1 Kgs. 8:39; 1 Chr. 28:9; Ps. 7:9; Jer. 11:20; 17:10; 20:12; [Acts 1:24]

c[See ver. 1 above]

d ch. 6:1, 16; [John 5:44]

e Ex. 13:9; Deut. 6:8; 11:18

fSee ch. 9:20

g ch. 10:29

h 1 Sam. 16:7; 1 Chr. 28:9; Prov. 21:2

i Prov. 16:5

j ch. 8:15; [Isa. 11:3; 2 Cor. 10:7]; See Deut. 1:16, 17

k ch. 9:6-8; [Gal. 6:15]

l[ver. 17]

mSee 1 Pet. 3:4

n[Deut. 10:16; 30:6; Jer. 4:4; Acts 7:51; Phil. 3:3; Col. 2:11]

o 2 Cor. 10:18; 1 Thess. 2:4; [Gal. 1:10]

pSee ch. 3:1

q[ch. 1:14]

1 Samuel 16:7

7 But the Lord said to Samuel, ^a“Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, ^bbut the Lord looks on the heart.”

Matthew 23:5

5 ^cThey do all their deeds ^dto be seen by others. For they make ^etheir phylacteries broad and ^ftheir fringes long,

Luke 16:15

15 And he said to them, “You are those who ^gjustify yourselves before men, but ^hGod knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men ⁱis an abomination in the sight of God.

John 7:24

24 ^jDo not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Romans 2:28-29

28 For ^kno one is a Jew ^lwho is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29 But a Jew is one ^minwardly, and ⁿcircumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. ^oHis praise is not from man but from God.

2 Corinthians 5:12

12 ^pWe are not commending ourselves to you again but ^qgiving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart.