Jeremiah 17:10

“I, the LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

World English Bible Classic

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 exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?

11As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

1 Chronicles 29:17I know also, my God, that you try the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.

Job 34:11For the work of a man he will give 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 you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

Psalms 139:23Search me, 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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