1 Samuel 16:4-7

New King James Version

⁴ So Samuel did what the Lord said, and went to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town ^(A)trembled at his coming, and said, ^(B)“Do you come peaceably?”

⁵ And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. ^(C)Sanctify^[a] yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.

⁶ So it was, when they came, that he looked at ^(D)Eliab and ^(E)said, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him!”

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, ^(F)“Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have ^[b]refused him. ^(G)For^[c] the Lord does not see as man sees; for man ^(H)looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the ^(I)heart.”