Jeremiah 17

The Deceitful Heart

9 The heart is more deceitful than anything else,  * 17:9 Gn 6:5

and incurable — who can understand it?  * 17:9 Jr 15:18; Mc 1:9

10 I, the Lord, examine the mind,

I test the heart  * 17:10 Lit kidneys,* 17:10 Dt 8:2; Ps 17:3; 26:2; Pr 16:2; 17:3

to give to each according to his way,

according to what his actions deserve.  * 17:10 Jr 4:18; 7:3,5; 18:11; 23:22; 25:5; 26:3,13; 32:19; Rm 2:6