1 Samuel 16:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for `it is' not as man seeth -- for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

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  • John 7:24 : 24 judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, `is' abomination before God;
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For not My thoughts `are' your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, -- an affirmation of Jehovah, 9 For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 `And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.
  • 1 Kgs 8:39 : 39 then Thou dost hear in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast forgiven, and hast done, and hast given to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest, (for Thou hast known -- Thyself alone -- the heart of all the sons of man),
  • Ps 147:10-11 : 10 Not in the might of the horse doth He delight, Not in the legs of a man is He pleased. 11 Jehovah is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.
  • Prov 16:2 : 2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.
  • 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 but -- the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,
  • Prov 31:30 : 30 The grace `is' false, and the beauty `is' vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.
  • Jer 20:12 : 12 And, O Jehovah of Hosts, trier of the righteous, Beholder of reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance out of them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.
  • 1 Pet 2:4 : 4 to whom coming -- a living stone -- by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,
  • 1 Sam 10:23-24 : 23 And they run and bring him thence, and he stationed himself in the midst of the people, and he is higher than any of the people from his shoulder and upward. 24 And Samuel saith unto all the people, `Have ye seen him on whom Jehovah hath fixed, for there is none like him among all the people?' And all the people shout, and say, `Let the king live!'
  • 2 Chr 16:9 : 9 for Jehovah -- His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong `for' a people whose heart `is' perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because -- henceforth there are with thee wars.'
  • Ps 7:9 : 9 Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.
  • Ps 139:2 : 2 Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
  • Prov 15:11 : 11 Sheol and destruction `are' before Jehovah, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.
  • Acts 1:24 : 24 and having prayed, they said, `Thou, Lord, who art knowing the heart of all, shew which one thou didst choose of these two
  • 2 Cor 10:7 : 7 The things in presence do ye see? if any one hath trusted in himself to be Christ's, this let him reckon again from himself, that according as he is Christ's, so also we `are' Christ's;
  • 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 `because the letters indeed -- saith one -- `are' weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.'
  • Heb 4:13 : 13 and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things `are' naked and open to His eyes -- with whom is our reckoning.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 and her children I will kill in death, and know shall all the assemblies that I am he who is searching reins and hearts; and I will give to you -- to each -- according to your works.
  • Job 10:4 : 4 Eyes of flesh hast Thou? As man seeth -- seest Thou?
  • 2 Sam 14:25 : 25 And like Absalom there was no man `so' fair in all Israel, to praise greatly; from the sole of his foot even unto his crown there was no blemish in him;
  • 1 Sam 9:2 : 2 and he hath a son, and his name `is' Saul, a choice youth and goodly, and there is not a man among the sons of Israel goodlier than he -- from his shoulder and upward, higher than any of the people.
  • Jer 11:20 : 20 And O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.'

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