Jeremiah 17:8-10

New Century Version

⁸He will be strong, like a tree planted near water
    that sends its roots by a stream.
It is not afraid when the days are hot;
    its leaves are always green.
It does not worry in a year when no rain comes;
    it always produces fruit.

⁹“More than anything else, a person’s mind is evil
    and cannot be healed.
    Who can understand it?
¹⁰But I, the Lord, look into a person’s heart
    and test the mind.
So I can decide what each one deserves;
    I can give each one the right payment for what he does.”