1 Samuel 16:7
But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
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1 Samuel 16:7
But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
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Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
Jeremiah 17:10
“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”
Revelation 2:23
I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:13
There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
John 2:24
But Jesus didn’t entrust himself to them, because he knew everyone,
John 2:25
and because he didn’t need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
John 21:17
He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
1 Kings 8:39
then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men);
2 Chronicles 6:30
then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men),
2 Chronicles 16:9
For Yahweh’s eyes run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars.”
Psalms 11:4
Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.
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1 Chronicles 28:9
You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
Psalms 7:9
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
1 Chronicles 29:17
I know also, my God, that you try the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.
Psalms 139:1
Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.
Psalms 139:2
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the motives.
Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
Psalms 139:23
Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
Psalms 139:24
See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalms 17:3
You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.
Deuteronomy 8:2
You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.
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1 Samuel 16:6
When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely Yahweh’s anointed is before him.”
1 Samuel 16:7
But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:8
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
1 Samuel 16:9
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
1 Samuel 16:10
Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, “Yahweh has not chosen these.”
1 Samuel 16:11
Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”
1 Samuel 16:12
He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with a handsome face and good appearance. Yahweh said, “Arise! Anoint him, for this is he.”
1 Samuel 16:13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the middle of his brothers. Then Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
1 Samuel 17:28
Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the evil of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”
1 Samuel 17:13
The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
1 Chronicles 2:13
and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
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Jeremiah 11:20
But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.
Acts 1:24
They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen
Luke 16:15
He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Jeremiah 20:12
But Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have revealed my cause to you.
Psalms 44:21
won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
Psalms 7:10
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
Proverbs 15:11
Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh— how much more then the hearts of the children of men!
Romans 8:27
He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.
Acts 15:8
God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.
Proverbs 15:3
Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
Haggai 2:3
‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Isn’t it in your eyes as nothing?
Revelation 2:18
“To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: “The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:
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John 7:24
Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
2 Corinthians 5:12
For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance and not in heart.
Isaiah 11:3
His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;
John 8:15
You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.
James 2:3
and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”
James 2:4
haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
James 2:1
My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.
Deuteronomy 1:17
You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.”
Proverbs 24:23
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Acts 10:34
Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;
Colossians 3:25
But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.
1 Peter 1:17
If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,
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1 Samuel 9:2
He had a son whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a more handsome person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.
1 Samuel 10:23
They ran and got him there. When he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
1 Samuel 10:24
Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people?” All the people shouted and said, “Long live the king!”
2 Samuel 14:25
Now in all Israel there was no one 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 defect in him.
Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
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1 Corinthians 4:3
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by a human court. Yes, I don’t even judge my own self.
1 Corinthians 4:4
For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
Romans 2:16
in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:15
But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is to be judged by no one.
Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
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1 Peter 3:4
but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.
Matthew 23:27
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones and of all uncleanness.
Matthew 23:28
Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Psalms 51:6
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Psalms 45:13
The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
Psalms 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.
Matthew 23:5
But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
Luke 11:39
The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
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2 Corinthians 10:7
Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that even as he is Christ’s, so we also are Christ’s.
James 2:2
For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in,
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Psalms 147:10
He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
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Romans 2:29
but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
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Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.
Proverbs 24:12
If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?
Job 10:4
Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?
Jeremiah 5:3
O Yahweh, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
Matthew 9:4
Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
Mark 2:8
Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you reason these things in your hearts?
Job 9:32
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
Psalms 78:37
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
Isaiah 55:8
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says Yahweh.
Hosea 10:2
Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones.
John 6:64
But there are some of you who don’t believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t believe, and who it was who would betray him.
Revelation 1:14
His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.
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1 Chronicles 28:2
Then David the king stood up on his feet and said, “Hear me, my brothers and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.
1 Chronicles 22:7
David said to Solomon his son, “As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.
Psalms 20:4
May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.
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Psalms 147:11
Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
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1 Kings 3:11
God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have you asked for riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice,
1 Kings 8:18
But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.
2 Chronicles 1:11
God said to Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, nor yet have you asked for long life; but have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king,
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Daniel 5:27
TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
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Matthew 15:8
‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
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Matthew 15:9
And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’ ”
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Romans 2:28
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;
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