But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have rejected him. Humans do not see what the Lord sees,[a] for humans see what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 16:7 LXX reads God does not see as a man sees

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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21 wouldn’t God have found this out,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?(A)

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21 would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?(A)

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All a person’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord weighs hearts.(A)

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A person may think their own ways are right,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.(A)

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