Quotes about Perception

When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!” But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”

But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”

Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk

And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”

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.”

If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.

Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”

Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?

and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

Surely you realize that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to track your movements and all that you are doing.”

if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?