1 Samuel 16:7
"But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart."
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- John 7:24
"Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 17:10
"I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings."
Read in chapter → - Luke 16:15
"And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God."
Read in chapter → - 1 Peter 3:4
"But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 55:8
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 16:2
"All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 31:30
"Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 147:10
"He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man."
Read in chapter → - 1 Chronicles 28:9
"And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 8:39
"Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)"
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