1 Samuel 16 Bible Study Guide — Summary, Themes & Outline
Samuel mourns a king God has rejected, then anoints a shepherd boy no one thought to call. The chapter turns on God's own explanation: he looks at the heart, not the outward appearance.
1 Samuel 16:7: God Looks at the Heart
God's rejection of Eliab shows that his evaluation of a person differs from ours at the point of choice. The verse describes how God knows and chooses, not a promise that inward worth wins out on earth.