Jeremiah 17:10

Judgment Integrity God's power and sovereignty

⁸ For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

⁹ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

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.

¹¹ As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

¹² A glorious high throne 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.

Compare

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 unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
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Romans 8:27
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
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Jeremiah 11:20
But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
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Revelation 2:23
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
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Hebrews 4:12–13
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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Psalms 139:23–24
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
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Jeremiah 32:19
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
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Jeremiah 20:12
But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
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