Jeremiah 17:9-10

The Sin of Judah

⁹ The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
¹⁰ _i "I the Lord search the heart
_j and test the mind, _1
k to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds."

1. Cross References
   1 Samuel 16:7
   But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.
   1 Chronicles 28:9
   And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
   Psalms 139:23
   Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
   Romans 8:27
   And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
   
2. Cross References
   Jeremiah 11:20
   But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause.
   
3. Cross References
   Jeremiah 32:19
   Great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
   Job 34:11
   For according to the work of a man he will repay him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him.
   Psalms 62:12
   And that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.