I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
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Gill's Exposition
I the Lord search the heart,.... The inward parts of it, every room and corner in it; and know the thoughts of it; all its intents, purposes, designs, contrivances, and imaginations; all the secret…
In the rest of the prophecy Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin. Jer 17:6 Like the heath - Or, “like a destitute man” Psa 102:17. The verbs “he shall see” (or fear) and…
It is excellent doctrine that is preached in these verses, and of general concern and use to us all, and it does not appear to have any particular reference to the present state of Judah and…
Cambridge Bible
search … reins See on Jer 11:20.
even to give, etc.] found also Jer 32:19.
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