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Jeremiah 17:9-12 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

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

10. I, the Lord, search human mindsand test human hearts.I treat each one according to the way he lives,according to what he does.”

11. The person who gets money dishonestlyis like a bird that hatches eggs it didn't lay.In the prime of life he will lose his riches,and in the end he is nothing but a fool.

12. Our Temple is like a glorious throne,standing on a high mountain from the beginning.

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