Jeremiah 17:10

I, YHWH, search the heart, try the reins, || Even to give to each according to his way, || According to the fruit of his doings.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

In Context

9The heart [is] deceitful above all things, || And it [is] incurable—who knows it?

11A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, || [Is] one making wealth, and not by right, || In the midst of his days he forsakes it, || And in his latter end—he is a fool.”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:7And YHWH says to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance, and at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for [it is] not as man sees—for man looks at the eyes, and YHWH looks at the heart.”

1 Chronicles 29:17And I have known, my God, that You are trying the heart, and desire uprightness; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these; and now, I have seen Your people who are found here with joy to offer willingly to You.

Job 34:11For He repays the work of man to him, || And according to the path of each He causes him to find.

Psalms 7:10My shield [is] on God, || Savior of the upright in heart!

Psalms 62:12And with You, O Lord, [is] kindness, || For You repay to each, || 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 →

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