1 Samuel 16:7
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7 But the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“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 appearance, (B)but the Lord looks on the heart.”
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1 Chronicles 28:9
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David's Charge to Solomon
9 “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a (A)whole heart and with a willing mind, (B)for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. (C)If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
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Proverbs 15:11
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11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord;
how much more (A)the hearts of the children of man!
Proverbs 17:3
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Jeremiah 11:20
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20 But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,
who (A)tests (B)the heart and the mind,
(C)let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.
Jeremiah 17:10
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10 (A)“I the Lord search the heart
(B)and test the mind,[a]
(C)to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:10 Hebrew kidneys
Luke 16:15
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15 And he said to them, “You are those who (A)justify yourselves before men, but (B)God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men (C)is an abomination in the sight of God.
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
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4 but just as we have been approved by God (A)to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not (B)to please man, but to please God (C)who tests our hearts.
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