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Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

KJV

Pravum est cor omnium, et inscrutabile : quis cognoscet illud ?

Vulgate

βαθεῖα ἡ καρδία παρὰ πάντα, καὶ ἄνθρωπός ἐστιν· καὶ τίς γνώσεται αὐτόν;

LXX

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

ASV

עָקֹ֥ב הַ/לֵּ֛ב מִ/כֹּ֖ל וְ/אָנֻ֣שׁ ה֑וּא מִ֖י יֵדָעֶֽ/נּוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָנ֖וּשׁ
'nvsh
verb · 9×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
י
y
noun · 591×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
עֲקֻבָּ֖ה
'qbh
noun · 3×

Themes

Doctrines that cite this verse

Historic Christian voices

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Continuation of the foregoing argument. Proofs from the writings of St. Paul, and from the words of Our Lord, that Christ and Jesus cannot be considered as distinct beings; neither can it be alleged that the Son of God became man merely in appearance, but that He did so truly and actually. 1. As it has been clearly demonstrated that the Word, who existed in the beginning with G…
Jesus Christ was not a mere man, begotten from Joseph in the ordinary course of nature, but was very God, begotten of the Father most high, and very man, born of the Virgin. 1. But again, those who assert that He was simply a mere man, begotten by Joseph, remaining in the bondage of the old disobedience, are in a state of death having been not as yet joined to the Word of God t…
Chapter 33.—What Jeremiah and Zephaniah Have, by the Prophetic Spirit, Spoken Before Concerning Christ and the Calling of the Nations. Jeremiah, like Isaiah, is one of the greater prophets, not of the minor, like the others from whose writings I have just given extracts. He prophesied when Josiah reigned in Jerusalem, and Ancus Martius at Rome, when the captivity of the Jews wa…
He also said, "He who sits alone and is quiet has escaped from three wars: hearing, speaking, seeing; but there is one thing against which he must continually fight: that is, his own heart."
The Will is always determined by the strongest motive, that is, by that which appears most agreeable to the mind. The will always follows the last dictate of the understanding. But then, the understanding being an faculty of the soul that perceives and judges, the soul's perception and judgment are influenced by the soul's inclination and disposition.
Q. Can you live up to all this perfectly? A. No. I have a natural tendency to hate God and my neighbor.
It was not without reason that the ancient proverb so strongly recommended to man the knowledge of himself. For if it is deemed disgraceful to be ignorant of things pertaining to the business of human life, much more disgraceful is self-ignorance, in consequence of which we miserably deceive ourselves in matters of the highest moment, and so walk blindfolded. But the more usefu…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 2:11 — For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
  • 2Sam 11:14 — And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
  • Deut 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep
  • Eccl 9:3 — This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, a
  • Eccl 9:3 — This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, a
  • Gen 6:5 — And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Gen 6:5 — And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Gen 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will
  • Gen 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will
  • Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • Hos 7:15 — Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
  • Isa 39:2 — And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was
  • Jas 1:14 — But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
  • Jas 4:1 — From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
  • Jer 13:23 — Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
  • Jer 16:12 — And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
  • Job 1:5 — And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: fo
  • Job 4:17 — Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
  • Job 11:11 — For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
  • Job 15:14 — What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
  • John 2:24 — But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
  • Luke 6:41 — And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
  • Luke 9:55 — But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
  • Mark 7:21 — For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
  • Mark 7:21 — For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
  • Mark 14:31 — But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.
  • Matt 13:15 — For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should under
  • Matt 15:19 — For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
  • Matt 15:19 — For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
  • Prov 4:23 — Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
  • Prov 10:20 — The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
  • Prov 28:26 — He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
  • Prov 28:26 — He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
  • Ps 5:9 — For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
  • Ps 19:12 — Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
  • Ps 51:5 — Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
  • Ps 53:1 — The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
  • Ps 64:6 — They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
  • Ps 139:1 — O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.