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He will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by a stream.
He won’t fear when the heat comes,
    and his leaves will be green.
In a year of drought he won’t be concerned,
    nor will he stop producing fruit.”

The Deceitfulness of the Human Heart

“The heart is more deceitful than anything.
    It is incurable—
        who can know it?
10 I am the Lord who searches the heart,
    who tests the inner depths
to give to each person
    according to what he deserves,[a]
        according to the fruit of his deeds.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:10 Lit. according to his way

They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.(A)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought(B)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”(C)

The heart(D) is deceitful above all things
    and beyond cure.
    Who can understand it?

10 “I the Lord search the heart(E)
    and examine the mind,(F)
to reward(G) each person according to their conduct,
    according to what their deeds deserve.”(H)

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