Jeremiah 17:9-13 - The Deceitful Heart
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and incurable—who can understand it?
I test the heart
to give to each according to his way,
according to what his actions deserve.
is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.
In the middle of his days
his riches will abandon him,
so in the end he will be a fool.
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on high
is the place of our sanctuary.
all who abandon You
will be put to shame.
All who turn away from Me
will be written in the dirt,
for they have abandoned
the Lord, the fountain of living water.