1Sa 16:7, Psa 58:1-2, 94:20-21, Amo 5:7, 6:12, Hab 1:4, Joh 7:24, Rom 2:1 | 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 .

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 58:1-2

God Who Judges the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to ^cDo Not Destroy. A ^dMiktam ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} of David.

1 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? ^{▼▼Or you mighty lords (by revocalization; Hebrew in silence)}
Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
2 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands ^gdeal out violence on earth.

Psalms 94:20-21

20 Can ^hwicked rulers be allied with you,
those who frame injustice by ⁱstatute?
21 They ^jband together against the life of the righteous
and condemn ^kthe innocent to death. ^{▼▼Hebrew condemn innocent blood}

Amos 5:7

7 O ^myou who turn justice to wormwood ^{▼▼Or to bitter fruit}
and cast down righteousness to the earth!

Amos 6:12

12 Do horses run on rocks?
Does one plow there ^{▼▼Or the sea} with oxen?
^pBut you have turned justice into ^qpoison
^rand the fruit of righteousness into wormwood ^{▼▼Or into bitter fruit}—

Habakkuk 1:4

4 ^tSo the law is paralyzed,
and justice never goes forth.
^uFor the wicked surround the righteous;
so justice goes forth perverted.

John 7:24

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

Romans 2:1

God’s Righteous Judgment

1 Therefore you have ^wno excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For ^xin passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.