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1 Samuel 16:7

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Rejected, or not chosen. (Menochius) God had positively rejected this eldest son, as his pride seems to have been the greatest, chap. xvii. 28. (Haydock) Heart. This is one of God's perfections. Glorified saints see man's heart in his light, for their own and our advantage, (St. Gregory, Mor. xii. 11.; St. Augustine) as the prophets have sometimes done, 3 Kings xiv. (Worthington)

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