Deuteronomy 30:19

New English Translation

Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live!

Cross References

Genesis 2:17

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die.”

Psalm 119:111

I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy.

Psalm 119:173

May your hand help me, for I choose to obey your precepts.

Psalm 119:30

I choose the path of faithfulness; I am committed to your regulations.

Proverbs 1:29

Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the Lord,

Proverbs 12:28

In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

Proverbs 8:36

But the one who does not find me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death.”

Proverbs 9:11

For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

Isaiah 1:2

Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the Lord speaks: “I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me!

Isaiah 56:4

For this is what the Lord says: “For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose what pleases me and are faithful to my covenant,

Jeremiah 21:8

“But tell the people of Jerusalem that the Lord says, ‘I will give you a choice between two courses of action. One will result in life; the other will result in death.

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them.

Jeremiah 42:21

This day I have told you what he said. But you do not want to obey the Lord by doing what he sent me to tell you.

Ezekiel 20:11

I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them!

Luke 10:42

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her.”

Acts 2:39

For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

Deuteronomy 11:26

Take note – I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

Deuteronomy 30:1

“When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you.

Deuteronomy 30:15

“Look! I have set before you today life and prosperity on the one hand, and death and disaster on the other.

Deuteronomy 30:16

What I am commanding you today is to love the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to obey his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances. Then you will live and become numerous and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you are about to possess.

Deuteronomy 31:17

At that time my anger will erupt against them and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome them so that they will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters overcome us because our God is not among us?’

Deuteronomy 31:28

Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

Deuteronomy 32:1

Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

Deuteronomy 4:1

Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

Deuteronomy 4:25

After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the Lord your God that enrage him,

Deuteronomy 4:26

I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely and swiftly be removed from the very land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not last long there because you will surely be annihilated.

Deuteronomy 4:6

So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, “Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people.”

Deuteronomy 6:2

and that you may so revere the Lord your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments that I am giving you – you, your children, and your grandchildren – all your lives, to prolong your days.

1 Timothy 5:21

Before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, I solemnly charge you to carry out these commands without prejudice or favoritism of any kind.