Jeremiah 17:10

I, Jehovah, search the heart, And try the reins, To give to every man according to his ways, And according to the fruit of his doings.

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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; Yea, it is corrupt; who can know it?

11As the partridge sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, So is he that getteth riches, and not by right; In the midst of his days shall he leave them, And in his latter end find himself a fool.

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Cross References

Job 34:11For what a man hath done he will requite him, And render to every one according to his deeds.

Psalms 7:10My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.

Psalms 62:12To thee also, O Lord! belongeth mercy; For thou dost 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 →

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