1Sa 16:7, Luk 11:40, Rom 2:29, 2Cor 5:17, 1Pe 3:3-4 | 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. 12:20

d[See ver. 39 above]

eSee 1 Pet. 3:4

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

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

h ch. 12:2; Rom. 16:7; Gal. 1:22

i[John 3:3]; See Rom. 6:4

k Isa. 43:18, 19; Rev. 21:5; [Isa. 65:17; Eph. 2:15; 4:24; Heb. 8:13]

l 1 Tim. 2:9; [Isa. 3:18-23]

m Rom. 2:29; [Rom. 7:22; 2 Cor. 4:16; Eph. 3:16]

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.”

Luke 11:40

40 ^cYou fools! ^dDid not he who made the outside make the inside also?

Romans 2:29

29 But a Jew is one ^einwardly, and ^fcircumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. ^gHis praise is not from man but from God.

2 Corinthians 5:17

17 Therefore, if anyone is ^hin Christ, he is ⁱa new creation. ^{▼▼Or creature} ^kThe old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

1 Peter 3:3-4

3 ^lDo not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— 4 but let your adorning be ^mthe hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.