1Sa 16:7, Psa 51:6, Jer 17:9-10, Mat 23:5, Luk 16:15, Heb 4:12-13 | 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 .

h[See ver. 1 above]

i ch. 6:1, 16; [John 5:44]

j Ex. 13:9; Deut. 6:8; 11:18

kSee ch. 9:20

l ch. 10:29

m 1 Sam. 16:7; 1 Chr. 28:9; Prov. 21:2

n Prov. 16:5

o 1 Pet. 1:23

p[Jer. 23:29; 1 Thess. 2:13]

q Isa. 49:2; Eph. 6:17

r Prov. 5:4; Rev. 1:16; 2:12

s[1 Cor. 14:24, 25]

t 2 Chr. 16:9; Job 34:21; Ps. 33:13-15

u Job 26:6

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.”

Psalms 51:6

6 Behold, you delight in truth in ^cthe inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

Jeremiah 17:9-10

9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
10 ^d“I the Lord search the heart
^eand test the mind, ^{▼▼Hebrew kidneys}
^gto give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”

Matthew 23:5

5 ^hThey do all their deeds ⁱto be seen by others. For they make ^jtheir phylacteries broad and ^ktheir fringes long,

Luke 16:15

15 And he said to them, “You are those who ^ljustify yourselves before men, but ^mGod knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men ⁿis an abomination in the sight of God.

Hebrews 4:12-13

12 For ^othe word of God is living and ^pactive, ^qsharper than any ^rtwo-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and ^sdiscerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And ^tno creature is hidden from his sight, but all are ^unaked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.