Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Jeremiah 17
18 songs meet this passage
“You can say it's just the way you are”
Good Luck, Babe! · Chappell Roan
resonates with Jeremiah 17:9
The song names a real pattern of self-deception, the heart excusing itself rather than facing truth, which Scripture also diagnoses as deeply human.
“He knows how to get the best out of me”
One Of The Girls · The Weeknd, JENNIE & Lily Rose Depp
strains against Jeremiah 17:9
The song trusts a lover to define her worth through control; Scripture warns the human heart (and our trust in another's hold over us) is deceptive and unreliable.
“I think the apple's rotten right to the core”
Apple · Charli xcx
resonates with Jeremiah 17:9
Her self-diagnosis of inherited corruption echoes the prophet's blunt assessment of the human heart, though she stops short of naming a remedy.
back to friends · sombr
resonates with Jeremiah 17:9
The singer names deception and self-protection in the other person, echoing Scripture's warning about the heart's capacity to mislead.
End of Beginning · Djo
strains against Jeremiah 17:9
The lyric treats identity as something fixed by place and past; Scripture suggests the deeper shaping of the heart runs further than geography, for better or worse.
Anti-Hero · Taylor Swift
resonates with Jeremiah 17:9
A striking modern echo of the heart's capacity for self-deception, dressing selfishness up as virtue.
Demons · Imagine Dragons
resonates with Jeremiah 17:9
The admission of an inescapable inner flaw echoes Scripture's diagnosis of the deceitful human heart.
“How's the castle built off people you pretend to care about?”
vampire · Olivia Rodrigo
resonates with Jeremiah 17:9
Names the deceptive, self-serving heart she's describing; Scripture is equally blunt about how deceitful a manipulative heart can be.
Set Fire to the Rain · Adele
resonates with Jeremiah 17:9
The discovery of deception in someone trusted echoes the biblical warning that the human heart can be deceitful and hard to fully know.
“Cause I, I'm capable of anything”
Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J) · Katy Perry
strains against Jeremiah 17:9
The boast of capability for 'anything' echoes the heart's capacity for self-deception and danger that Jeremiah warns about, rather than humility in love.
“guess there's a Slim Shady in all of us”
The Real Slim Shady (Live From MTV VMAs / 2000) · Eminem
resonates with Jeremiah 17:9
The closing line unintentionally names something true, the heart's capacity for self-deceit and rebellion, even while celebrating it rather than confessing it.
“You'll never be what is in your heart”
Little Lion Man (Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire, 2010) · Mumford & Sons
resonates with Jeremiah 17:9
The song's harsh self-diagnosis echoes Scripture's own warning that the heart is deceitful and prone to failure, not just circumstance.
“Follow your heart and nothing else”
Simple Man · Lynyrd Skynyrd
strains against Jeremiah 17:9
Scripture cautions that the heart is deceitful, a sharper warning than this lyric's trust in following it alone.
“Let your heart decide”
A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) [Soundtrack Version] · Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
strains against Jeremiah 17:9
The lyric romanticizes following the heart; Scripture is more cautious about the heart as a sole guide, though here it's a light, playful sense rather than a deep claim.
“Edmund Kemper solved it all”
Fortress · System of a Down
strains against Jeremiah 17:9
Invoking a killer as one who 'solved it all' inverts the biblical diagnosis that the human heart is deceitful, not a source of clarity.
“Take the evil out the people, they'll be acting right”
Changes (1998 Greatest Hits) [Edit] [feat. Talent] · 2Pac
strains against Jeremiah 17:9
Jeremiah names the deceitfulness of the human heart as the root problem, deeper than circumstance, which the song doesn't fully reckon with.
emo vampires near you! (feat. DethTech) · izumi is dead
resonates with Jeremiah 17:9
Names a heart so used to being wounded that harm feels expected, almost desired; Scripture also names the human heart as deeply deceitful and hard to know, including toward itself.
“I love the way you lie”
Love the Way You Lie, Pt. II (feat. Eminem) · Rihanna
strains against Jeremiah 17:9
The song calls deception and self-destruction 'love,' but Scripture names the heart's capacity to deceive itself about what it calls good.
Each reading weighs one song’s words against Scripture. It is AI-assisted and can be wrong; open a song to see its whole reading and decide for yourself.