fSee 1 Sam. 16:7
gSee 2 Chr. 15:2
Numbers 27:16
16“Let the Lord, athe God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation1 Samuel 16:7
7But the Lord said to Samuel, b“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, cbut the Lord looks on the heart.”1 Kings 8:39
39then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways ( dfor you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind),1 Chronicles 28:9
David’s Charge to Solomon
9“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a ewhole heart and with a willing mind, ffor the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. gIf you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.1 Chronicles 29:17
17I know, my God, hthat you test the heart and ihave pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.Psalms 7:9
9Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,and may you establish the righteous—
you who jtest kthe minds and hearts, ▼
▼Hebrew the hearts and kidneys
O righteous God!
Psalms 44:21
21 mwould not God discover this?nFor he knows the secrets of the heart.
Acts 15:8
8And God, owho knows the heart, pbore witness to them, qby giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,
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