1 Samuel 16:7 (BSB)

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

From 1 Samuel 16. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on 1 Samuel 16:7

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on 1 Samuel 16:6-13: If the sons of Jesse were told that God would provide himself a king among them (as he had said, Sa1 16:1), we may well suppose they all made the best appearance they could, and each hoped he should be the man; but here we are told, I. How all the elder sons, who stood fairest for the preferment, were passed by. 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 1 Samuel 16:7: But the Lord said to Samuel,.... By a secret impulse upon his mind, as if he had spoken with an articulate voice to him: look not on his countenance; which was comely and majestic: or on the height of his stature; which was like that of Saul's; and because the Lord had chosen him, who was superior to the people in this respect, Samuel thought...
• Adam Clarke (Methodist), Clarke's Commentary on the Bible on 1 Samuel 16:7: Man looketh on the outward appearance - And it is well he should, and confine his looks to that; for when he pretends to sound the heart, he usurps the prerogative of God. In what way were these communications made from God to Samuel? It must have been by direct inspirations into his heart. But what a state of holy familiarity does this argue between God and the prophet!
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on 1 Samuel 16:6-7: 1Sa 16:6-7 When they came, sc., to the sacrificial meal, which was no doubt held in Jesse’s house, after the sacrifice had been presented upon an altar, and when Samuel saw the eldest son Eliab, who was tall and handsome according to 1Sa 16:7, “he thought (lit.