Jeremiah 17:9

Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 17

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”Jeremiah 17:9

What Does Jeremiah 17:9 Mean?

Jeremiah 17:9 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 17, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Jeremiah 17:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Proverbs 4:23“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”Mark 7:21“For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,”Matthew 15:19“For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:”Ecclesiastes 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, and after that they go to the dead.”Proverbs 28:26“He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.”Hebrews 3:12“Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.”Genesis 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.”James 1:14“But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.”Genesis 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 I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.”Psalms 139:1“O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.”Matthew 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 understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”Psalms 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.”Psalms 139:24“And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”Jeremiah 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:”Psalms 51:5“Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”Job 15:14“What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?”James 4:1“From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?”Romans 3:10“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”Psalms 19:12“Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.”John 2:24“But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,”

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