Jeremiah 17:9
Deceitful is the heart above all things And, dangerously wayward,—Who can know it?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And Yahweh smelled a satisfying odour, so Yahweh said to himself. I will not, again, curse any more the ground for man’s sake, although the device of the heart of man, be wicked from his youth,—neither will I again, any more smite every living thing, as I have done.
Psalms 51:5Lo! in iniquity, was I brought forth, And, in sin, did my mother conceive me.
Psalms 64:7Once let God have shot at them an arrow, Suddenly have appeared their own wounds!
Ecclesiastes 9:3This was a misfortune in all that was done under the sun, that, one destiny, had they all,—yea also, the heart of the sons of men, was full of wickedness, and, madness, was in their heart, while they lived, and, after that, [they went] unto the dead.
Jeremiah 16:12And, ye, have done more wickedly than your fathers,—for look at you! walking every man after the stubbornness of his wicked heart, so as not to hearken unto me,
Matthew 15:19For, out of the heart, come forth wicked designs,—murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, profane speakings:
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 →