Jeremiah 17:7 · KJV
“Blessed {is} the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.”
— Jeremiah 17:7
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, {in} a salt land and not inhabited.
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and {that} spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. {drought: or, restraint}
Jeremiah 17 — Context
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed {be} the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, {in} a salt land and not inhabited.
7Blessed {is} the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and {that} spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. {drought: or, restraint}
9The heart {is} deceitful above all {things}, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Cross References
Isaiah 26:3-4
Thou wilt keep {him} in perfect peace, {whose} mind {is} stayed {on thee}: because he trusteth in thee. {perfect...: Heb. peace, peace} {mind: or, thought, or, imagination}
Psalms 34:8
O taste and see that the LORD {is} good: blessed {is} the man {that} trusteth in him.
Psalms 40:4
Blessed {is} that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Psalms 125:1
[A Song of degrees.] They that trust in the LORD {shall be} as mount Zion, {which} cannot be removed, {but} abideth for ever.
Isaiah 30:18
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD {is} a God of judgment: blessed {are} all they that wait for him.
Psalms 84:12
O LORD of hosts, blessed {is} the man that trusteth in thee.
Proverbs 16:20
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy {is} he. {handleth...: or, understandeth a matter}
Psalms 146:5
Happy {is he} that {hath} the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope {is} in the LORD his God: