1Sa 16:7, Joh 7:24, 1Cor 2:15 | 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 .

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

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

d ch. 3:1; 14:37; Gal. 6:1; [Prov. 28:5]

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.”

John 7:24

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

1 Corinthians 2:15

15 The ^dspiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.