The Deceitful Heart

The heart is more deceitful than anything else,
and incurable—who can understand it?(A)
10 I, Yahweh, examine the mind,
I test the heart[a](B)
to give to each according to his way,
according to what his actions deserve.(C)
11 He who makes a fortune unjustly
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.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:10 Lit kidneys

The heart is deceitful more than anything else,
    and it is disastrous. Who can understand it?
10 I, Yahweh, examine the mind,[a]
    I test the heart,[b]
and give to each one according to his way,
    according to the fruit of his deeds.
11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
    is one who amasses wealth without justice.
In the middle of his days it will leave him,
    and at his end he will prove to be a fool.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:10 Literally “heart”
  2. Jeremiah 17:10 Literally “kidneys”