But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance,(A) but the Lord looks at the heart.”(B)

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But the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have [a]refused him. (B)For[b] the Lord does not see as man sees; for man (C)looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the (D)heart.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 16:7 rejected
  2. 1 Samuel 16:7 LXX For God does not see as man sees; Tg. It is not by the appearance of a man; Vg. Nor do I judge according to the looks of a man

11 Surely he recognizes deceivers;
    and when he sees evil, does he not take note?(A)

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11 For (A)He knows deceitful men;
He sees wickedness also.
Will He not then consider it?

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16 Surely then you will count my steps(A)
    but not keep track of my sin.(B)

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16 For now (A)You number my steps,
But do not watch over my sin.

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23 He may let them rest in a feeling of security,(A)
    but his eyes(B) are on their ways.(C)

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23 He gives them security, and they rely on it;
Yet (A)His eyes are on their ways.

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24 for he views the ends of the earth(A)
    and sees everything under the heavens.(B)

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24 For He looks to the ends of the earth,
And (A)sees under the whole heavens,

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Does he not see my ways(A)
    and count my every step?(B)

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(A)Does He not see my ways,
And count all my steps?

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21 “His eyes are on the ways of mortals;(A)
    he sees their every step.(B)

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21 “For(A) His eyes are on the ways of man,
And He sees all his steps.

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11 Who has a claim against me that I must pay?(A)
    Everything under heaven belongs to me.(B)

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11 (A)Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him?
(B)Everything under heaven is Mine.

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The Lord is in his holy temple;(A)
    the Lord is on his heavenly throne.(B)
He observes everyone on earth;(C)
    his eyes examine(D) them.

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The Lord is in His holy temple,
The Lord’s (A)throne is in heaven;
(B)His eyes behold,
His eyelids test the sons of men.

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15 he who forms(A) the hearts of all,
    who considers everything they do.(B)

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15 He fashions their hearts individually;
(A)He [a]considers all their works.

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  1. Psalm 33:15 understands

168 I obey your precepts(A) and your statutes,(B)
    for all my ways are known(C) to you.

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168 I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies,
(A)For all my ways are before You.

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12 even the darkness will not be dark(A) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

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12 Indeed, (A)the darkness [a]shall not hide from You,
But the night shines as the day;
The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

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  1. Psalm 139:12 Lit. is not dark

21 For your ways are in full view(A) of the Lord,
    and he examines(B) all your paths.(C)

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21 (A)For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He [a]ponders all his paths.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:21 observes, lit. weighs