Jeremiah 17:5-10

5This is what the Lord says: Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind. He makes human flesh his strength, and his heart turns from the Lord.

6He will be like a juniper in the Arabah; he cannot see when good comes but dwells in the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land where no one lives.

7The person who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence indeed is the Lord, is blessed.

8He will be like a tree planted by water: it sends its roots out toward a stream, it doesn’t fear when heat comes, and its foliage remains green. It will not worry in a year of drought or cease producing fruit.

9The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable — who can understand it?

10I, the Lord, examine the mind, I test the heart to give to each according to his way, according to what his actions deserve.