1 Samuel 16:7

1 Samuel 16:7 in other translations

What does 1 Samuel 16:7 mean?

1 Samuel 16:7 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 16:7

• John 7:24

  Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

• 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.

• 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.

• Isaiah 55:8-9

  For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

• 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.

• Proverbs 16:2

  All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

• Proverbs 31:30

  Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

• Psalms 147:10-11

  He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

• 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.

• 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;)

• Acts 1:24

  And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

• 2 Chronicles 16:9

  For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

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Context

• 1 Samuel 16:6

  And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.

• 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.

• 1 Samuel 16:8

  Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

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