New King James Version

1 Samuel 16:5-10 New King James Version (NKJV)

5. And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.

6. So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him!”

7. But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

8. So Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”

9. Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”

10. Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.”