1 Samuel 9:2
"And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people."
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- 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."
Read in chapter → - Numbers 13:33
"And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 6:2
"That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 14:25
"But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 17:4
"And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 9:23
"Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:"
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 10:23
"And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward."
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