Jeremiah 17:9-11

Amplified Bible

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“The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is ^[a]extremely sick;
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?^(A)
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“I, the Lord, search and examine the mind,
I test the heart,
To give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.
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“Like the partridge that hatches eggs which she has not laid,
So is he who makes a fortune in ways that are unjust.
It will be lost to him before his days are over,
And in the end he will be [nothing but] a fool.”