1 Samuel 16:6-7

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⁶When they came, he looked on ^(A)Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord's anointed is before him.” 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, ^(C)but the Lord looks on the heart.”

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Acts 15:12-17

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¹²And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul ^(A)as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. ¹³After they finished speaking, ^(B)James replied, “Brothers, listen to me. ¹⁴^(C)Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them ^(D)a people for his name. ¹⁵And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written,

¹⁶^(E)“‘After this I will return,
and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen;
I will rebuild its ruins,
     and I will restore it,
¹⁷that the remnant^[a] of mankind ^(F)may seek the Lord,
    and all the Gentiles ^(G)who are called by my name,
     says the Lord, who makes these things