Jeremiah 17:9-13 - The Deceitful Heart

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“The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is extremely sick;
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?
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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.”

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A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning,
Is the place of our sanctuary (the temple).
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O Lord, the hope of Israel,
All who abandon You will be shamed.
Those who turn away on earth will be written down,
Because they have abandoned the Lord, the fountain of living waters.