But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for [a]God does not see as man sees, since man looks at [b]the outward appearance, (A)but the Lord looks at the heart.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 16:7 As in LXX; MT, He does not see what man sees
  2. 1 Samuel 16:7 Lit the eyes; or what is before the eyes

30 then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know—(A)for You alone know the hearts of the sons of mankind—

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21 Would God not (A)find this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.

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24 And they (A)prayed and said, “You, Lord, who (B)know the hearts of all people, show which one of these two You have chosen

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