Verse 19

I call{H5749} heaven{H8064} and earth{H776} to record{H5749}{(H8689)} this day{H3117} against you, that I have set{H5414}{(H8804)} before{H6440} you life{H2416} and death{H4194}, blessing{H1293} and cursing{H7045}: therefore choose{H977}{(H8804)} life{H2416}, that both thou and thy seed{H2233} may live{H2421}{(H8799)}:

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 30:15 : 15 See{H7200}{(H8798)}, I have set{H5414}{(H8804)} before{H6440} thee this day{H3117} life{H2416} and good{H2896}, and death{H4194} and evil{H7451};
  • Deut 11:26 : 26 Behold{H7200}{(H8798)}, I set{H5414}{(H8802)} before{H6440} you this day{H3117} a blessing{H1293} and a curse{H7045};
  • Deut 30:1 : 1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things{H1697} are come{H935}{(H8799)} upon thee, the blessing{H1293} and the curse{H7045}, which I have set{H5414}{(H8804)} before{H6440} thee, and thou shalt call{H7725}{(H8689)} them to mind{H3824} among all the nations{H1471}, whither the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath driven{H5080}{(H8689)} thee,
  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But he that sinneth{H2398}{(H8802)} against me wrongeth{H2554}{(H8802)} his own soul{H5315}: all they that hate{H8130}{(H8764)} me love{H157}{(H8804)} death{H4194}.
  • Ps 119:30 : 30 I have chosen{H977}{(H8804)} the way{H1870} of truth{H530}: thy judgments{H4941} have I laid{H7737}{(H8765)} before me.
  • Deut 4:26 : 26 I call{H5749} heaven{H8064} and earth{H776} to witness{H5749}{(H8689)} against you this day{H3117}, that ye shall soon{H4118} utterly{H6}{(H8800)} perish{H6}{(H8799)} from off the land{H776} whereunto ye go over{H5674}{(H8802)} Jordan{H3383} to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it; ye shall not prolong{H748}{(H8686)} your days{H3117} upon it, but shall utterly{H8045}{(H8736)} be destroyed{H8045}{(H8735)}.
  • 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I charge{G1263}{(G5736)} thee before{G1799} God{G2316}, and{G2532} the Lord{G2962} Jesus{G2424} Christ{G5547}, and{G2532} the elect{G1588} angels{G32}, that{G2443} thou observe{G5442}{(G5661)} these things{G5023} without{G5565} preferring one before another{G4299}, doing{G4160}{(G5723)} nothing{G3367} by{G2596} partiality{G4346}.
  • Deut 31:28 : 28 Gather{H6950}{(H8685)} unto me all the elders{H2205} of your tribes{H7626}, and your officers{H7860}{(H8802)}, that I may speak{H1696}{(H8762)} these words{H1697} in their ears{H241}, and call{H5749} heaven{H8064} and earth{H776} to record{H5749}{(H8686)} against them.
  • Deut 32:1 : 1 Give ear{H238}{(H8685)}, O ye heavens{H8064}, and I will speak{H1696}{(H8762)}; and hear{H8085}{(H8799)}, O earth{H776}, the words{H561} of my mouth{H6310}.
  • Josh 24:15-22 : 15 And if it seem evil{H7489}{(H8804)} unto you{H4310} to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068}, choose{H977}{(H8798)} you this day{H3117} whom{H5869} ye will serve{H5647}{(H8799)}; whether the gods{H430} which your fathers{H1} served{H5647}{(H8804)} that were on the other side{H5676} of the flood{H5104}, or the gods{H430} of the Amorites{H567}, in whose land{H776} ye dwell{H3427}{(H8802)}: but as for me and my house{H1004}, we will serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}. 16 And the people{H5971} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, God forbid{H2486} that we should forsake{H5800}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068}, to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} other{H312} gods{H430}; 17 For the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}, he it is that brought us up{H5927}{(H8688)} and our fathers{H1} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, from the house{H1004} of bondage{H5650}, and which did{H6213}{(H8804)} those great{H1419} signs{H226} in our sight{H5869}, and preserved{H8104}{(H8799)} us in all the way{H1870} wherein we went{H1980}{(H8804)}, and among all the people{H5971} through{H7130} whom we passed{H5674}{(H8804)}: 18 And the LORD{H3068} drave out{H1644}{(H8762)} from before{H6440} us all the people{H5971}, even the Amorites{H567} which dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in the land{H776}: therefore will we also serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}; for he is our God{H430}. 19 And Joshua{H3091} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the people{H5971}, Ye cannot{H3201}{(H8799)} serve{H5647}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068}: for he is an holy{H6918} God{H430}; he is a jealous{H7072} God{H410}; he will not forgive{H5375}{(H8799)} your transgressions{H6588} nor your sins{H2403}. 20 If ye forsake{H5800}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}, and serve{H5647}{(H8804)} strange{H5236} gods{H430}, then he will turn{H7725}{(H8804)} and do you hurt{H7489}{(H8689)}, and consume{H3615}{(H8765)} you, after{H310} that he hath done you good{H3190}{(H8689)}. 21 And the people{H5971} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Joshua{H3091}, Nay; but we will serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}. 22 And Joshua{H3091} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the people{H5971}, Ye are witnesses{H5707} against yourselves that ye have chosen{H977}{(H8804)} you the LORD{H3068}, to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} him. And they said{H559}{(H8799)}, We are witnesses{H5707}.
  • Ps 119:173 : 173 Let thine hand{H3027} help{H5826}{(H8800)} me; for I have chosen{H977}{(H8804)} thy precepts{H6490}.
  • Mic 6:1-2 : 1 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} ye now what the LORD{H3068} saith{H559}{(H8802)}; Arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, contend{H7378}{(H8798)} thou before the mountains{H2022}, and let the hills{H1389} hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thy voice{H6963}. 2 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} ye, O mountains{H2022}, the LORD'S{H3068} controversy{H7379}, and ye strong{H386} foundations{H4146} of the earth{H776}: for the LORD{H3068} hath a controversy{H7379} with his people{H5971}, and he will plead{H3198}{(H8691)} with Israel{H3478}.
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 But{G1161} one thing{G1520} is{G2076}{(G5748)} needful{G5532}: and{G1161} Mary{G3137} hath chosen{G1586}{(G5668)} that good{G18} part{G3310}, which{G3748} shall{G851} not{G3756} be taken away{G851}{(G5701)} from{G575} her{G846}.
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 For{G1063} the promise{G1860} is{G2076}{(G5748)} unto you{G5213}, and{G2532} to your{G5216} children{G5043}, and{G2532} to all{G3956} that are afar off{G1519}{G3112}, even as many as{G3745} the Lord{G2962} our{G2257} God{G2316} shall call{G302}{G4341}{(G5667)}.
  • Jer 2:12-13 : 12 Be astonished{H8074}{(H8798)}, O ye heavens{H8064}, at this, and be horribly afraid{H8175}{(H8798)}, be ye very{H3966} desolate{H2717}{(H8798)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 13 For my people{H5971} have committed{H6213}{(H8804)} two{H8147} evils{H7451}; they have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} me the fountain{H4726} of living{H2416} waters{H4325}, and hewed them out{H2672}{(H8800)} cisterns{H877}, broken{H7665}{(H8737)} cisterns{H877}, that can hold{H3557}{(H8686)} no water{H4325}.
  • Jer 22:29-30 : 29 O earth{H776}, earth{H776}, earth{H776}, hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}. 30 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Write{H3789}{(H8798)} ye this man{H376} childless{H6185}, a man{H1397} that shall not prosper{H6743}{(H8799)} in his days{H3117}: for no man{H376} of his seed{H2233} shall prosper{H6743}{(H8799)}, sitting{H3427}{(H8802)} upon the throne{H3678} of David{H1732}, and ruling{H4910}{(H8802)} any more in Judah{H3063}.
  • Jer 32:39 : 39 And I will give{H5414}{(H8804)} them one{H259} heart{H3820}, and one{H259} way{H1870}, that they may fear{H3372}{(H8800)} me for ever{H3117}, for the good{H2896} of them, and of their children{H1121} after{H310} them:
  • Isa 1:2 : 2 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, O heavens{H8064}, and give ear{H238}{(H8685)}, O earth{H776}: for the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}, I have nourished{H1431}{(H8765)} and brought up{H7311}{(H8790)} children{H1121}, and they have rebelled{H6586}{(H8804)} against me.
  • Isa 56:4 : 4 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} unto the eunuchs{H5631} that keep{H8104}{(H8799)} my sabbaths{H7676}, and choose{H977}{(H8804)} the things that please{H2654}{(H8804)} me, and take hold{H2388}{(H8688)} of my covenant{H1285};
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 For that they hated{H8130}{(H8804)} knowledge{H1847}, and did not choose{H977}{(H8804)} the fear{H3374} of the LORD{H3068}:
  • Ps 119:111 : 111 Thy testimonies{H5715} have I taken as an heritage{H5157}{(H8804)} for ever{H5769}: for they are the rejoicing{H8342} of my heart{H3820}.