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

Speaker

Jeremiah

Source

Jeremiah The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

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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Irving Layton
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Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 1
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Current Citation

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Jesus
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Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Language
Greek
Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 16:24).

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Genesis The Bible
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Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 1:28).

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Acts 9:4

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Religious persecution
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God
Source
Book of Acts The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
Greek
Time
62 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 9:4).