Jeremiah 17:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 The heart is devious above all else;
it is perverse—
who can understand it?(A)
10 I the Lord test the mind
and search the heart,
to give to all according to their ways,
according to the fruit of their doings.(B)
11 Like the partridge hatching what it did not lay,
so are all who amass wealth unjustly;
in midlife it will leave them,
and at their end they will prove to be fools.
Jeremiah 17:9-11
Evangelical Heritage Version
The Deceitful Heart
9 The heart is more deceitful than anything.
It is beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
10 I, the Lord, am the one who searches the heart
and examines the mind,
to reward a man according to what he has done,
according to what his deeds deserve.
11 Those who accumulate a fortune unjustly
are like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay.
Midway through life their fortune will be lost,
and in the end they will be exposed as fools.
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