^{9 Ref} The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?

^{10 Ref} I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

^{11 Ref} Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.

^{9 Ref} The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

^{10 Ref} I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

^{11 Ref} As the partridge that sitteth on `eggs' which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.