1 Samuel 16:7

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him. Nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.

Cross References

John 7:24

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge just judgment.

Jeremiah 17:10

I am the Lord who search the heart and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way and according to the fruit of his devices.

Luke 16:15

And he said to them: You are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is high to men, is an abomination before God.

1 Peter 3:4

But the hidden man of the heart in the incorruptibility of a quiet and a meek spirit, which is rich in the sight of God.

Proverbs 16:2

All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits.

Proverbs 31:30

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

1 Chronicles 28:9

And thou, my son Solomon, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and a willing mind. For the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the thoughts of minds. If thou seek him, thou shalt find him: but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

1 Kings 8:39

Then hear thou in heaven, in the place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and do so as to give to every one according to his ways, as thou shalt see his heart (for thou only knowest the heart of all the children of men).

Acts 1:24

And praying, they said: Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of the Lord behold all the earth, and give strength to those who with a perfect heart trust in him. Wherefore, thou hast done foolishly, and for this cause from this time wars shall arise against thee.

Hebrews 4:13

Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is.

Jeremiah 20:12

And thou, O Lord of hosts, prover of the just, who seest the reins and the heart: let me see, I beseech thee, thy vengeance on them, for to thee I have laid open my cause.

Psalm 139:2

Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man.

Revelation 2:23

And I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts, and I will give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say,

2 Corinthians 10:10

(For his epistles indeed, say they, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible,)

1 Peter 2:4

Unto whom coming, as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen and made honourable by God:

Job 10:4

Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or, shalt thou see as man seeth?

2 Samuel 14:25

But in all Israel there was not a man so comely, and so exceedingly beautiful as Absalom: from the sole of the foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

1 Samuel 9:2

And he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and goodly man. And there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he appeared above all the people.

Jeremiah 11:20

But thou, O Lord of Sabaoth, who judgest justly and triest the reins and hearts, let me see thy revenge on them: for to thee I have revealed my cause.

Proverbs 15:11

Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the children of men?

Psalm 7:9

The Lord judgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice, and according to my innocence in me.

2 Corinthians 10:7

See the things that are according to outward appearance. If any man trust to himself, that he is Christ's, let him think this again with himself, that as he is Christ's, so are we also.

John 8:15

You judge according to the flesh: I judge not any man.

Genesis 4:5

But to Cain and his offerings he had no respect: and Cain was exceedingly angry, and his countenance fell.

1 Samuel 2:3

Do not multiply to speak lofty things, boasting: let old matters depart from your mouth. For the Lord is a God of all knowledge, and to him are thoughts prepared.

2 Samuel 7:20

And what can David say more unto thee? For thou knowest thy servant, O Lord God.

2 Chronicles 6:30

Hear thou from heaven, from thy high dwelling-place, and forgive, and render to every one according to his ways, which thou knowest him to have in his heart (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men);

Proverbs 24:12

If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, end he shall render to a man according to his works.

1 Chronicles 17:18

What can David add more, seeing thou hast thus glorified thy servant, and known him?

Job 35:5

Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.