9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Jeremiah 17:9
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Proverbs 21:1–3
1 The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases. 2 All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart. 3 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Psalms 26:1–3
1 Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. 2 Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind. 3 For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
Psalms 44:20–22
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, 21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart? 22 Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Proverbs 16:1–3
1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD. 2 All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD. 3 Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
Psalms 139:22–24
22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
Proverbs 20:4–6
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Jeremiah 9:5–7
5 Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity. 6 You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD. 7 Therefore this is what the…
1 John 3:19–21
19 And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence: 20 Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,
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