Deuteronomy 30:19
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19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,(A)
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Deuteronomy 30:15
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15 “See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity.(A)
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Deuteronomy 11:26
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26 “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:(A)
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Psalm 119:30
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30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
I set your ordinances before me.
Joshua 24:15-22
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15 Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”(A)
16 Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods, 17 for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went and among all the peoples through whom we passed, 18 and the Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”
19 But Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.(B) 20 If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good.”(C) 21 And the people said to Joshua, “No, we will serve the Lord!” 22 Then Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord, to serve him.” And they said, “We are witnesses.”
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Proverbs 8:36
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36 but those who miss me injure themselves;
all who hate me love death.”(A)
Deuteronomy 30:1
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God’s Fidelity Assured
30 “When all these things have happened to you, the blessings and the curses that I have set before you, if you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you(A)
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1 Timothy 5:21
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21 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels, I warn you to keep these instructions without prejudice, doing nothing on the basis of partiality.(A)
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Luke 10:42
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42 but few things are needed—indeed only one.[a] Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”(A)
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- 10.42 Other ancient authorities read but only one thing is needed
Jeremiah 32:39
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39 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for all time, for their own good and the good of their children after them.(A)
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Deuteronomy 4:26
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26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to occupy; you will not live long on it but will be utterly destroyed.(A)
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Micah 6:1-2
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God Challenges Israel
6 Hear what the Lord says:
Rise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.(A)
2 Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord,
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has a case against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.(B)
Psalm 119:173
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173 Let your hand be ready to help me,
for I have chosen your precepts.(A)
Acts 2:39
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39 For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.”(A)
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Deuteronomy 31:28
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28 Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officials, so that I may recite these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.(A)
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Psalm 119:111
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111 Your decrees are my heritage forever;
they are the joy of my heart.(A)
Proverbs 1:29
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29 Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
Jeremiah 22:29-30
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29 O land, land, land,
hear the word of the Lord!(A)
30 Thus says the Lord:
Record this man as childless,
a man who shall not succeed in his days,
for none of his offspring shall succeed
in sitting on the throne of David
and ruling again in Judah.(B)
Deuteronomy 32:1
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32 “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak;
let the earth hear the words of my mouth.(A)
Jeremiah 2:12-13
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12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this;
be shocked; be utterly desolate,
says the Lord,
13 for my people have committed two evils:
they have forsaken me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug out cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns
that can hold no water.(A)
Isaiah 1:2
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The Wickedness of Judah
2 Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth,
for the Lord has spoken:
I reared children and brought them up,
but they have rebelled against me.(A)
Isaiah 56:4
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4 For thus says the Lord:
To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
who choose the things that please me
and hold fast my covenant,(A)
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