1 Samuel 16:7 (WEB)
But the LORD 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 the LORD looks at the heart.”
Fathers and councils · 11
Jerome
“There is no need to look for a knot in a bulrush; I freely confess I do not know; and I only wish that, when sins are manifest, I might still be silent.“I know nothing against myself,” says St. Paul, “yet am I not hereby justified.”“Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvi. 7.
Read the whole comment“For “the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh upon the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvi. 7.
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John Chrysostom
“…and Jeremiah too saith, “The heart is deep above all things, and it is man, and who shall know him?”and, “Man shall look on the face, but God on the heart.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvi. 7.
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Tertullian
“Perhaps some (woman) will say: “To me it is not necessary to be approved by men; for I do not require the testimony of men: God is the inspector of the heart.”” — editor's note: Comp. 1 Sam. xvi. 7; Jer. xvii. 10; Luke xvi. 15.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And again: “Man seeth the outward appearance, but God seeth the heart.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvi. 7.
Read the whole comment“Also in the first of Kings: “Man looketh on the face, but God on the heart.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvi. 7.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For another is his judge, and the examiner of what thou canst not see.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvi. 7.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For man looketh on the eyes, but the Lord into the heart.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvi. 7.
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together with
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.57.
Cited together in The Instructor III.2.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.57.
Cited together in The Instructor III.2.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.57.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.57.
Cited together in The Instructor III.2.
Cited together in The Instructor III.2.
Cited together in The Instructor III.2.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.57.
Cited together in The Instructor III.2.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.57.
Quoted in
Romans 7:15 takes up the words of 1 Samuel 16:7 (8 words in common).