Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deep beyond all things, and it is the man, and who can know him?

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

In Context

8And he shall be as a thriving tree by the waters, and he shall cast forth his root toward a moist place: he shall not fear when heat comes, and there shall be upon him shady branches: he shall not fear in a year of drought, and he shall not fail to bear fruit.

10I the Lord try the hearts, and prove the reins, to give to every one according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his devices.

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Cross References

Genesis 8:21And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not anymore curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore anymore smite all living flesh as I have done.

Psalms 51:5Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; 1 Unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause. 1

Psalms 64:7Who dost establish the mountains in thy strength, 1 Being girded about with power; 1

Ecclesiastes 9:3There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, 1 That there is one event to all: 1 Yea, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, 1 And madness is in their heart during their life, 1 And after that they go to the dead. 1

Jeremiah 16:12(and ye sinned worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the lusts of your own evil heart, so as not to hearken to me);

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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