Jeremiah 17:10
I, LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:7But LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his countenance, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For [LORD sees] not as man sees, for man looks on the outward appearance, but LORD looks on the heart.
1 Chronicles 29:17I know also, my God, that thou try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy thy people, who are present here, off
Job 34:11For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Psalms 7:10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
Psalms 62:12Also to thee, O LORD, belongs loving kindness, for thou render to every man according to his work.
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts,
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 17:6-12
True and False Confidence; Deceitfulness of the Heart; Unlawful Gains. ( b. c. 605.) 5 Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord . 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord , and whose hope the Lord is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters,… Read the whole commentary →