Deuteronomy 30:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁹ I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you that I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;

Common English Bible

¹⁹ I call heaven and earth as my witnesses against you right now: I have set life and death, blessing and curse before you. Now choose life—so that you and your descendants will live—

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ I call heaven and earth as witnesses this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, so that both you and your offspring may live,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ I call heaven and earth to witness this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Choose therefore life, that both thou and thy seed may live.

Deuteronomy 30:19 Cross References

Genesis 2:17

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Psalm 119:111

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Psalm 119:173

Let thine hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.

Psalm 119:30

I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thy judgements have I set before me.

Proverbs 1:29

For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of the LORD:

Proverbs 12:28

In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Proverbs 8:36

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.

Proverbs 9:11

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.

Isaiah 1:2

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

Isaiah 56:4

For thus saith the LORD of the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast by my covenant:

Jeremiah 21:8

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

Jeremiah 32:39

and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever; for the good of them, and of their children after them:

Jeremiah 42:21

and I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.

Ezekiel 20:11

And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgements, which if a man do, he shall live in them.

Luke 10:42

but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Acts 2:39

For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.

Deuteronomy 11:26

Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

Deuteronomy 30:1

And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,

Deuteronomy 30:15

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

Deuteronomy 30:16

in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgements, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that the LORD thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

Deuteronomy 31:17

Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?

Deuteronomy 31:28

Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

Deuteronomy 32:1

Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth:

Deuteronomy 4:1

And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the judgements, which I teach you, for to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, giveth you.

Deuteronomy 4:25

When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image in the form of any thing, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

Deuteronomy 4:26

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

Deuteronomy 4:6

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Deuteronomy 6:2

that thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

1 Timothy 5:21

I charge thee in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.