Jeremiah 17:9

Good News Translation

“Who can understand the human heart? There is nothing else so deceitful; it is too sick to be healed.

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

When the Lord saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time,

Genesis 8:21

The odor of the sacrifice pleased the Lord, and he said to himself, “Never again will I put the earth under a curse because of what people do; I know that from the time they are young their thoughts are evil. Never again will I destroy all living beings, as I have done this time.

2 Samuel 11:15

He wrote: “Put Uriah in the front line, where the fighting is heaviest, then retreat and let him be killed.”

Psalm 51:5

I have been evil from the day I was born; from the time I was conceived, I have been sinful.

Psalm 64:7

But God shoots his arrows at them, and suddenly they are wounded.

Proverbs 28:26

It is foolish to follow your own opinions. Be safe, and follow the teachings of wiser people.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

One fate comes to all alike, and this is as wrong as anything that happens in this world. As long as people live, their minds are full of evil and madness, and suddenly they die.

Isaiah 1:5

Why do you keep on rebelling? Do you want to be punished even more? Israel, your head is already covered with wounds, and your heart and mind are sick.

Isaiah 1:6

From head to foot there is not a healthy spot on your body. You are covered with bruises and sores and open wounds. Your wounds have not been cleaned or bandaged. No medicine has been put on them.

Isaiah 6:10

Then he said to me, “Make the minds of these people dull, their ears deaf, and their eyes blind, so that they cannot see or hear or understand. If they did, they might turn to me and be healed.”

Jeremiah 16:12

But you have done even worse than your ancestors. All of you are stubborn and evil, and you do not obey me.

Jeremiah 7:24

But they did not obey or pay any attention. Instead, they did whatever their stubborn and evil hearts told them to do, and they became worse instead of better.

Matthew 13:15

because their minds are dull, and they have stopped up their ears and have closed their eyes. Otherwise, their eyes would see, their ears would hear, their minds would understand, and they would turn to me, says God, and I would heal them.’

Matthew 15:19

For from your heart come the evil ideas which lead you to kill, commit adultery, and do other immoral things; to rob, lie, and slander others.

Mark 2:17

Jesus heard them and answered, “People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick. I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts.”

Romans 1:21

They know God, but they do not give him the honor that belongs to him, nor do they thank him. Instead, their thoughts have become complete nonsense, and their empty minds are filled with darkness.

Romans 7:11

Sin found its chance, and by means of the commandment it deceived me and killed me.

Ephesians 4:22

So get rid of your old self, which made you live as you used to—the old self that was being destroyed by its deceitful desires.

Hebrews 3:12

My friends, be careful that none of you have a heart so evil and unbelieving that you will turn away from the living God.