Jeremiah 17:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 17:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 17:9 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 17:9 — KJV
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
— Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV)
Jeremiah 17:9 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 17:9
“I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: I applied...: Heb. I and mine heart compassed”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 17:9: heart, things, wicked
“And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 17:9: heart, can, know
“Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 17:9: heart, above, know
“And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. did there...: Heb. rose up”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 17:9: heart, above, things
“And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 17:9: heart, things, know
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