Jeremías 17:10

10 Yo soy el SEÑOR, que escudriño el corazón, que pruebo los riñones, para dar a cada uno según su camino, según el fruto de sus obras

Jeremías 17:10 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 17:10

I the Lord search the heart
The inward parts of it, every room and corner in it; and know the thoughts of it; all its intents, purposes, designs, contrivances, and imaginations; all the secret motions of it, and the wickedness that is in it; so that this is an answer to the question in the preceding verse; and therefore, though the heart is deceitful, it cannot deceive him, because he judges not according to outward appearance; he sees and knows the heart; and none but the Lord, or he who is Jehovah, can so search the heart as thus to know it; wherefore, since Christ is said to search the reins and the heart, and to know the thoughts of men, and to be a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, he must be Jehovah, and the true God, ( Revelation 2:23 ) ( Matthew 19:4 ) ( Hebrews 4:12 Hebrews 4:13 ) :

I try the reins;
the most inward and remote parts, covered with fat, and out of sight: these are the seat of the affections; and the Lord tries these, whether they are towards him or not; and whether sincere or hypocritical; Christ the omniscient God knew Peter's love to him, and the sincerity of it; for which he appeals to him as such, ( John 21:17 ) :

even to give every man accordions to his ways, and according to the
fruit of his doings;
to do which it is necessary to search the heart, and try the reins, the fountain of all actions; and in which the principles of them are, and according to which they are denominated and judged of: in the future judgment every secret thing will be brought into account; the counsels of the heart will be made manifest; the book of conscience will be opened; and out of it, as well as other books, men will be judged according to their ways and works; and therefore it is requisite that the Judge should be the Lord God omniscient, the searcher and trier of the hearts and reins, as Christ is.

Jeremías 17:10 In-Context

8 Porque él será como el árbol plantado junto a las aguas, que junto a la corriente echará sus raíces, y no verá cuando viniere el calor, y su hoja será verde; y en el año de sequía no se fatigará, ni dejará de hacer fruto

9 Engañoso es el corazón más que todas las cosas, y perverso; ¿quién lo conocerá

10 Yo soy el SEÑOR, que escudriño el corazón, que pruebo los riñones, para dar a cada uno según su camino, según el fruto de sus obras

11 Como la perdiz que hurta lo que no parió, es el que allega riquezas, y no con justicia; en medio de sus días las dejará, y en su postrimería será incipiente

12 El trono de gloria, altura desde el principio, es el lugar de nuestra santificación