1Sa 16:7, 1Ch 28:9, 2Ch 6:30, Psa 7:9, 33:13-15, 44:21, 90:8, 139:11 | 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 .

f[See ver. 21 above]

gSee 1 Sam. 16:7

h Ps. 11:5; Job 23:10; [Ps. 139:1; 1 Sam. 16:7; 1 Chr. 28:9]

i Ps. 26:2; Jer. 11:20; 17:10; 20:12; Rev. 2:23

k Job 28:24; See Ps. 11:4

l 1 Kgs. 8:39, 43, 49

m[Prov. 15:3; Jer. 32:19]

n Ps. 139:1; Jer. 17:10

o[John 2:25; Heb. 4:13]

p Jer. 16:17; Heb. 4:13

q Ps. 19:12

r[Job 22:14]

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.”

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 7:9

9 Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and may you establish the righteous—
you who ^htest ⁱthe minds and hearts, ^{▼▼Hebrew the hearts and kidneys}
O righteous God!

Psalms 33:13-15

13 The Lord ^klooks down from heaven;
he sees all the children of man;
14 from ^lwhere he sits enthroned he ^mlooks out
on all the inhabitants of the earth,
15 he who fashions the hearts of them all
and observes all their deeds.

Psalms 44:21

21 ⁿwould not God discover this?
^oFor he knows the secrets of the heart.

Psalms 90:8

8 You have ^pset our iniquities before you,
our ^qsecret sins in the light of your presence.

Psalms 139:11

11 If I say, ^r“Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”