7 But Jehovah said to Samuel: “Do not look at his appearance and at the height of his stature,+ for I have rejected him. For not the way man sees [is the way God sees],*+ because mere man sees what appears to the eyes;*+ but as for Jehovah, he sees what the heart+ is.”*

9 “And you, Solʹo·mon my son, know+ the God of your father and serve+ him with a complete heart+ and with a delightful soul;+ for all hearts Jehovah is searching,+ and every inclination of the thoughts he is discerning.+ If you search for him, he will let himself be found by you;+ but if you leave him,+ he will cast you off forever.+

3 The refining* pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,+ but Jehovah is the examiner of hearts.+

2 Every way of a man is upright in his own eyes,+ but Jehovah is making an estimate of hearts.+

27 Yet he who searches the hearts+ knows what the meaning* of the spirit+ is, because it is pleading in accord with God for holy ones.+