1 Samuel 16:7

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 16:6-12

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—1 Samuel 16:7. “The Lord said.” “In like manner the Lord in the days of His flesh read and answered men’s thoughts.” Compare Matthew 12:25; Luke 5:22, etc. (Biblical Commentary.) “Outward appearance.” Literally the eyes. “The eyes, as contrasted with the heart, are figuratively employed to denote the outward form.” (Keil).1 Samuel 16:9. “Shammah.” The name is written Shimeah, 2 Samuel 13:3; and Shimma, 1 Chronicles 2:13; 1 Chronicles 20:7. The proper orthography is... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 16:7

1 Samuel 16:7 I. God's knowledge of human nature, according to the passage before us, is immediate and direct. II. Being immediate and direct, God's knowledge of man is perfect. III. Because God's knowledge is direct and perfect, it surpasses men's knowledge of each other and of themselves. Consider: IV. The life-lessons yielded by the text. (1) The folly of permitted self-delusion. (2) The utter uselessness of all hypocrisy. (3) The exposed position of all our sins. (4) The duty of being... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Samuel 16:7

DISCOURSE: 300GOD INSPECTS THE HEART1 Samuel 16:7. The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.WHAT a solemn and awful declaration is this! how interesting to every one of us! The generality, it is to be feared, scarcely think of themselves as in the presence of God: whereas his eye is immediately upon our hearts, inspecting the very inmost recesses of them, and marking every imagination of them with a view to a future judgment.... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 16:1-23

Chapter 16So God said to Samuel, How long are you gonna mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being the king, or reigning over Israel? [This change of attitude, "I've rejected him, now how long are you gonna mourn?"] fill your horn with oil, and go, and I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided a king from among his sons. And Samuel said, Lord if Saul hears I've gone down to anoint someone else to be king, he'll kill me ( 1 Samuel 16:1-2 ).Now that shows you how... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 16:1-23

1 Samuel 16:7 . The Lord said to Samuel. A cloud of proofs demonstrate, that the Eternal Word did personally accompany the holy prophets, and talk with them by voice in open vision. What nation had God so nigh unto them? 1 Samuel 16:13 . Anointed him. David certainly knew that this was the regal unction, and he felt the Spirit accompany it. But critics agree that his brethren did not then so understand it. 1 Samuel 16:15 . An evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. Afterwards, the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 16:4-18

1 Samuel 16:4-18And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Bethlehem.Samuel’s visit to Bethlehem1. How much history is entwined around one locality! The very name of a village recalls events most momentous to the world, and fills our minds with the memories of the past. “Man is a materialist, and he tries to give a material magnitude to memorable places; but God chooses any common spot for the cradle of a mighty incident, or the home of a mighty spirit.” “Twenty years ago,” says the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 16:7

1 Samuel 16:7Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature.God’s estimate of human availabilityThis enunciation of one fixed principle in the Divine government is of immense value as having a practical bearing upon all the mighty relations which each man sustains to his Maker.I. Let us try to analyse the statement on the negative side, to begin with. The Lord does not look upon the outward appearance in fixing His judgment of any human soul. It so happens that this very narrative... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 16:7

1Sa 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. Ver. 7. Because I have refused him. ] Licet primogenitum, pulchrum, et procerum. All these are but as ciphers to God, which signify nothing without some figure set before. For man looketh on the outward appearance. ] He seeth but the surface of... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 16:7

Look not: 1 Samuel 9:2, 1 Samuel 10:23, 1 Samuel 10:24, 2 Samuel 14:25, Psalms 147:10, Psalms 147:11, Proverbs 31:30 seeth not: Job 10:4, Isaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:9, Luke 16:15, 1 Peter 2:4, 1 Peter 3:4 looketh: John 7:24, 2 Corinthians 10:7, 2 Corinthians 10:10 outward appearance: Heb. eyes on the heart: 1 Kings 8:39, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 2 Chronicles 16:9, Psalms 7:9, Psalms 139:2, Proverbs 15:11, Proverbs 16:2, Jeremiah 11:20, Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 20:12, Acts 1:24, Hebrews 4:13,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 16:1-13

THE ANOINTING OF DAVID, 1 Samuel 16:1-13. We are now about to be introduced to him who figures in the following history as one of the most interesting and honoured personages of the olden time that neighbour of Saul, (1 Samuel 15:28,) that man after Jehovah’s heart, (1 Samuel 13:14,) who is to succeed Saul on the throne of Israel, and be the brightest star in all the host of kings. Soon after his anointing he is providentially introduced into the royal household, and still later, by his victory... read more

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