Jeremiah 17-7 says this, "Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope
the Lord is.
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.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.
Who can know it?
I, the Lord, search the heart; I try the rains, even to give every man according to his ways,
and according to the fruit of his doings.
This is obviously what Revelation's referring to because it says that he tries the rains
and the heart, and he'll give every man according to his works, which is the exact idea here.
But not only that, this is a great passage, this is just kind of a side note, but this
is a great passage to prove that Jesus Christ is Jehovah.
Because if you look here in verse number 10 of Jeremiah 17, see how the Lord is in all
caps there?
That's the proper name of God, Jehovah.
It's saying, "I, the Lord, search the heart."
And then Jesus says in the New Testament, "All the churches shall know that I am he
which searches the reins and the heart."
And there are lots of places like that.
Go to Psalm 26, turn to Psalm 26 in your Bible.