1 Samuel 16
1 Samuel 16 records the anointing of David as king while still a shepherd boy — and God's famous correction of Samuel: the Lord looks not on outward appearance but on the heart.
The Book of 1 Samuel · Old Testament · chapter 16 of 31.
Key verses (KJV)
“For the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.” — 1 Samuel 16:7 (KJV)
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