1 Samuel 16:7
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But Yahweh 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 Yahweh looks at the heart.”
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageBethlehem, a small town in Judah about six miles south of Jerusalem, was the home of Jesse and his sons. There Samuel examined Jesse’s sons for Israel’s next king, and God’s choice of David from this humble setting underscored that the Lord judges the heart rather than outward appearance.
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1 Samuel 16:7 mentions Bethlehem.
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