The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

עָקֹ֥ב הַלֵּ֛ב מִכֹּ֖ל וְאָנֻ֣שׁ ה֑וּא מִ֖י יֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃

Jeremiah 17:9

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Delusion

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Jeremiah

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Jeremiah The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Question

Language

Hebrew

Time

570 BC 570s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Jeremiah 17:9).

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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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