Jer 17:9-10, Joh 2:25, Rev 2:23 | ESV | STEP | The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick ; who can understand it?

a 1 Sam. 16:7; 1 Chr. 28:9; Ps. 139:23; Rom. 8:27

e[See ver. 24 above]

f Ps. 7:9; 26:2; Jer. 20:12; See Rom. 8:27

Jeremiah 17:9-10

9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
10 ^a“I the Lord search the heart
^band test the mind, ^{▼▼Hebrew kidneys}
^dto give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”

John 2:25

25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for ^ehe himself knew what was in man.

Revelation of John 2:23

23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he ^fwho searches mind and heart, and ^gI will give to each of you according to your works.