1Sa 16:7, 1Ch 29:17, 2Ch 6:30, Psa 7:9, 139:1-2, Jer 17:10, Joh 2:25 | 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 ch. 28:9; Prov. 17:3; [1 Sam. 16:7]

d[Prov. 11:20]

e[See ver. 21 above]

fSee 1 Sam. 16:7

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

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

j Jer. 12:3; See Ps. 7:9; 17:3; 44:21

k 2 Kgs. 19:27; Lam. 3:63

l[Job 14:16; 31:4; Matt. 9:4; John 2:24, 25]

m 1 Sam. 16:7; 1 Chr. 28:9; Ps. 139:23; Rom. 8:27

nSee ch. 11:20

p ch. 32:19; Job 34:11; Ps. 62:12

q[See ver. 24 above]

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 29:17

17 I know, my God, ^cthat you test the heart and ^dhave pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.

2 Chronicles 6:30

30 ^ethen hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways, ^ffor 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 ^gtest ^hthe minds and hearts, ^{▼▼Hebrew the hearts and kidneys}
O righteous God!

Psalms 139:1-2

Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, you have ^jsearched me and known me!
2 You ^kknow when I sit down and when I rise up;
you ^ldiscern my thoughts from afar.

Jeremiah 17:10

10 ^m“I the Lord search the heart
ⁿand test the mind, ^{▼▼Hebrew kidneys}
^pto give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”

John 2:25

25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for ^qhe himself knew what was in man.