7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “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 yappearance, but zthe Lord looks on the heart.”
David’s Charge to Solomon
9 “And you, Solomon my son, dknow the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. eIf you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
11 Sheol and Abaddon lie lopen before the Lord;
how much more mthe hearts of the children of man!
3 sThe crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
and the Lord tests hearts.
20 But, lO Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,
who mtests the heart and the mind,
let me see your nvengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.
10 “I the Lord search the heart
eto give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”
15 And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but mGod knows your hearts. For what is nexalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
4 but just as we have been approved bby God to be centrusted with the gospel, so we speak, dnot to please man, but to please God who etests our hearts.
