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1 Samuel 16:7

1 Samuel 16:7

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Look not: 1 Samuel 9:2, 1 Samuel 10:23-24; 2 Samuel 14:25; Psalms 147:10-11; Proverbs 31:30

seeth not: Job 10:4; Isaiah 55:8-9; Luke 16:15; 1 Peter 2:4, 1 Peter 3:4

looketh: John 7:24; 2 Corinthians 10:7, 2 Corinthians 10:10

outward appearance: Heb. eyes

on the heart: 1 Kings 8:39; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Psalms 7:9, Psalms 139:2; Proverbs 15:11, Proverbs 16:2; Jeremiah 11:20, Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 20:12; Acts 1:24; Hebrews 4:13; Revelation 2:23

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