"I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, {that} I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursin…" — Deuteronomy 30:19

Deuteronomy 30:19 · KJV

“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:”

— Deuteronomy 30:19

Verse 18

I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, {and that} ye shall not prolong {your} days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.

Verse 20

That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, {and} that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he {is} thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Deuteronomy 30 — Context

But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, {and that} ye shall not prolong {your} days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.

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:

Cross References

Deuteronomy 30:15

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

Deuteronomy 11:26

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

Psalms 119:30

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid {before me}.

Joshua 24:15-22

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that {were} on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Proverbs 8:36

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

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,

Luke 10:42

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

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: {for ever: Heb. all days}