Jeremiah 17:9-13

9“The human mind is the most deceitful of all things. It is incurable. No one can understand how deceitful it is.

10I, the Lord, search minds and test hearts. I will reward each person for what he has done. I will reward him for the results of his actions.

11A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a godless fool.”

12Our holy place is a glorious throne, highly honored from the beginning.

13O Lord, the Hope of Israel, all who abandon you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in dust, because they abandon the Lord, the fountain of life-giving water.