Jeremiah 17:10

Judgment Integrity God's power and sovereignty

⁸ He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.

⁹ The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

¹¹ Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”

¹² A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
KJV: I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
WEB: “I, the LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”
ASV: I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
DARBY: I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
BLB: I, YHWH, [am] the One searching the heart [and] testing the kidneys, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.

ÅB: Jeg, Herren, ransaker hjerter og prøver nyrer og gir enhver etter hans ferd, etter frukten av hans gjerninger.
OTB: Jeg, Herren, søker hjertet og undersøker sinnet, for å belønne hver person etter deres veier, etter resultatene av deres gjerninger.
B1930: Jeg, Herren, ransaker hjerter og prøver nyrer og gir enhver efter hans ferd, efter frukten av hans gjerninger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
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Romans 8:27
And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
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Jeremiah 11:20
O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
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Revelation 2:23
Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
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Hebrews 4:12–13
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
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Psalms 139:23–24
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
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Jeremiah 32:19
the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
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Jeremiah 20:12
O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
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