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.”

Psalms 50:13-15

13Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
14 cOffer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
Or Make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God

and eperform your vows to the Most High,
15and fcall upon me in the day of trouble;
I will gdeliver you, and you shall hglorify me.”

Psalms 50:23

23The one who ioffers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
to one who jorders his way rightly
I will show the ksalvation of God!”

Psalms 51:17

17The sacrifices of God are la broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Psalms 66:18

18If I had mcherished iniquity in my heart,
nthe Lord would not have listened.

Isaiah 57:15

15For thus says othe One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is pHoly:
q“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also rwith him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
sto revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Matthew 15:8-9

8 t“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9in vain do they worship me,
teaching as udoctrines the commandments of men.’”
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