1 Samuel 16:7
7But 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.”1 Chronicles 28:9
David’s Charge to Solomon
9“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a cwhole heart and with a willing mind, dfor the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. eIf you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.2 Chronicles 6:30
30 fthen hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways, gfor you, you only, know the hearts of the children of mankind,Psalms 11:4-5
4 hThe Lord is in his holy temple;the Lord’s ithrone is in heaven;
his eyes see, his eyelids jtest the children of man.
5The Lord ktests the righteous,
but lhis soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
John 2:25
25and needed no one to bear witness about man, for mhe himself knew what was in man.John 21:17
17He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him nthe third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, oyou know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed pmy sheep.Acts 1:24
24And qthey prayed and said, “You, Lord, rwho know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen
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