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But the LORD 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 the LORD looks at the heart.”
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Verse 7. Rejected, or not chosen. Menochius.—God had positively rejected this eldest son, as his pride seems to have been the greatest. Calmet. 17:28. Bible.—Heart. This is one of God’s perfections. Glorified saints see man’s heart in his light, for their own and our advantage, (Saint Gregory Mor. xii. 11. Saint Augustine) as the prophets have sometimes done. 3 Kennicott. 14. Worthington.
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