Verse of the Day

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Jeremiah 17:7 NIV

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him."

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Translations of Today's Verse

King James Version

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

English Standard Version

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.

The Message

"But blessed is the man who trusts me, God, the woman who sticks with God.

New King James Version

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord."

New Living Translation

"Blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence."

Commentary on Today's Verse

Commentary on Jeremiah 17:5-11

(Read Jeremiah 17:5-11)

He who puts confidence in man, shall be like the heath in a desert, a naked tree, a sorry shrub, the product of barren ground, useless and worthless. Those who trust to their own righteousness and strength, and think they can do without Christ, make flesh their arm, and their souls cannot prosper in graces or comforts. Those who make God their Hope, shall flourish like a tree always green, whose leaf does not wither. They shall be fixed in peace and satisfaction of mind; they shall not be anxious in a year of drought. Those who make God their Hope, have enough in him to make up the want of all creature-comforts. They shall not cease from yielding fruit in holiness and good works. The heart, the conscience of man, in his corrupt and fallen state, is deceitful above all things. It calls evil good, and good evil; and cries peace to those to whom it does not belong. Herein the heart is desperately wicked; it is deadly, it is desperate. The case is bad indeed, if the conscience, which should set right the errors of other faculties, is a leader in the delusion. We cannot know our own hearts, nor what they will do in an hour of temptation. Who can understand his errors? Much less can we know the hearts of others, or depend upon them. He that believes God's testimony in this matter, and learns to watch his own heart, will find this is a correct, though a sad picture, and learns many lessons to direct his conduct. But much in our own hearts and in the hearts of others, will remain unknown. Yet whatever wickedness there is in the heart, God sees it. Men may be imposed upon, but God cannot be deceived. He that gets riches, and not by right, though he may make them his hope, never shall have joy of them. This shows what vexation it is to a worldly man at death, that he must leave his riches behind; but though the wealth will not follow to another world, guilt will, and everlasting torment. The rich man takes pains to get an estate, and sits brooding upon it, but never has any satisfaction in it; by sinful courses it comes to nothing. Let us be wise in time; what we get, let us get it honestly; and what we have, use it charitably, that we may be wise for eternity.


Jeremiah 17:7 In-Context

5 This is what the Lord says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord.

6 That person will be like a bush in the wastelands; they will not see prosperity when it comes. They will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.

7 "But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.

8 They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."

9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?


This Week's Daily Bible Verses

Monday, April 22

Hebrews 12:14

Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

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Sunday, April 21

Deuteronomy 30:19

This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.

Read all of Deuteronomy 30 NIV

Saturday, April 20

Acts 4:12

"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

Read all of Acts 4 NIV

Friday, April 19

Proverbs 11:9

With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape.

Read all of Proverbs 11 NIV

Thursday, April 18

Hebrews 13:5-6

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"

Read all of Hebrews 13 NIV

Wednesday, April 17

Proverbs 16:32

Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.

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Tuesday, April 16

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

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