1 Samuel 16:7
Douay-Rheims
And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.
George Leo Haydock
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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1849 · 1 Kings (DR) 16:7
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.