Morning Scripture Reading - Jeremiah 17:5-10

Jeremiah 17:5-10 New King James Version (NKJV)

5 Thus says the Lord:

“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes flesh his [a]strength,
Whose heart departs from the Lord.
6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert,
And shall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
In a salt land which is not inhabited.

7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not [b]fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

9 “The heart is deceitful above all things,
And [c]desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
10 I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the [d]mind,
Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.

Footnotes:

1. Jeremiah 17:5 Lit. arm
2. Jeremiah 17:8 Qr., Tg. see
3. Jeremiah 17:9 Or incurably sick
4. Jeremiah 17:10 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys