THEOSISJeremiah 17:10Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
I am the Lord who search the heart, and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.
אֲנִ֧י יְהוָ֛ה חֹקֵ֥ר לֵ֖ב בֹּחֵ֣ן כְּלָי֑וֹת וְלָתֵ֤ת לְאִישׁ֙ כדרכו כִּדְרָכָ֔יו כִּפְרִ֖י מַעֲלָלָֽיו׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 16:7And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.
- Rom 8:27And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what the Spirit desireth: because he asketh for the saints according to God.
- Rev 2:23And I will kill her children with death: and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts. And I will give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say
- Ps 139 (138):23
- Ps 139 (138):24
- Heb 4:12For the word of God is living and effectual and more piercing than any two edged sword; and reaching unto the division of the soul and the spirit, of the joints also and the marrow: and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
- Heb 4:13Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is.
- Jer 11:20But thou, O Lord of Sabaoth, who judgest justly, and triest the reins and the hearts, let me see thy revenge on them: for to thee have I revealed my cause.