Deuteronomy 30:19
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:
King James Version
World English Bible (WEB)
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants;
American Standard Version (ASV)
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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What this verse means
God sets life and death on the table and urges His people, plainly, to choose life.
A short prayer
Lord, today I choose life — in my words, my habits, my direction. Bless the choice.
Read in context — Deuteronomy 30
17But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
18I 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.
19I 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:
20That 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.
Related verses
“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”Ephesians 6:11
“The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”Exodus 14:14
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”Galatians 2:20
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”Galatians 5:22
“Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”Galatians 5:23
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