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
King James Version
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 Kings 8:39
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1 Kings 8:39
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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;)
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Psalm 139:1
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Psalm 139
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Psalm 139:2
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Psalm 139:2
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2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
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Psalm 139:23
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Psalm 139:23
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23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
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Proverbs 21:2
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2 A person may think their own ways are right,
but the Lord weighs the heart.(A)
Proverbs 21:2
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2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
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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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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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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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Romans 8:27
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27 And he who searches our hearts(A) knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes(B) for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
Romans 8:27
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27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
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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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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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