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1 Samuel 16:7
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1 Samuel 16:7
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7 But the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, (B)but the Lord looks on the heart.”
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1 Samuel 16:7
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1 Samuel 16:7
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7 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)
1 Samuel 16:7
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1 Samuel 16:7
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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.
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1 Chronicles 28:9
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1 Chronicles 28:9
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David's Charge to Solomon
9 “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a (A)whole heart and with a willing mind, (B)for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. (C)If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off for ever.
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1 Chronicles 28:9
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1 Chronicles 28:9
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9 “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion(A) and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart(B) and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him,(C) he will be found by you; but if you forsake(D) him, he will reject(E) you forever.
1 Chronicles 28:9
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1 Chronicles 28:9
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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.
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Proverbs 15:11
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Proverbs 15:11
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11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord;
how much more (A)the hearts of the children of man!
Proverbs 15:11
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Proverbs 15:11
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- Proverbs 15:11 Hebrew Abaddon
Proverbs 15:11
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Proverbs 15:11
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11 Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
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Proverbs 17:3
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Proverbs 17:3
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Proverbs 17:3
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Proverbs 17:3
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Proverbs 17:3
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Proverbs 17:3
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3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
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Jeremiah 11:20
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Jeremiah 11:20
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20 But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,
who (A)tests (B)the heart and the mind,
(C)let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.
Jeremiah 11:20
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Jeremiah 11:20
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Jeremiah 11:20
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Jeremiah 11:20
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20 But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
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Jeremiah 17:10
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Jeremiah 17:10
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10 (A)“I the Lord search the heart
(B)and test the mind,[a]
(C)to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:10 Hebrew kidneys
Jeremiah 17:10
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Jeremiah 17:10
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Jeremiah 17:10
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Jeremiah 17:10
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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.
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Luke 16:15
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Luke 16:15
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15 And he said to them, “You are those who (A)justify yourselves before men, but (B)God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men (C)is an abomination in the sight of God.
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Luke 16:15
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Luke 16:15
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15 He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves(A) in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts.(B) What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.
Luke 16:15
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Luke 16:15
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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.
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
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4 but just as we have been approved by God (A)to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not (B)to please man, but to please God (C)who tests our hearts.
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
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4 On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel.(A) We are not trying to please people(B) but God, who tests our hearts.(C)
1 Thessalonians 2:4
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
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4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
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