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9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? 10 “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, b to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.” 11 Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by justice;
Jan 23, 2023 · Answer. Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (KJV). The immediate context of the verse speaks of Judah’s sinfulness in spite of all the blessings of God. Jeremiah 17:1 says, “Judah’s sin is engraved with an iron tool, inscribed with a flint point, on the tablets of ...
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 17:9. 17:9 The heart - There is nothing so false and deceitful as the heart of man; deceitful in its apprehensions of things, in the hopes and promises which it nourishes, in the assurances that it gives us; unsearchable by others, deceitful with reference to ourselves, and abominably wicked, so that neither can a man know his own heart, nor can any other know that ...
and on the high hills. 3 My mountain in the land. and your b wealth and all your treasures. I will give away as plunder, together with your high places, because of sin throughout your country. 4 Through your own fault you will lose. the inheritance I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies.
Mark 7:21–23. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, m murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, n sensuality, o envy, p slander, q pride, r foolishness. 23 s All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately ...
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 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. As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. A ...
Jeremiah 17:9 In-Context. 7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. 8 They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”.
