Deuteronomy 30:19

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Deuteronomy 30

3 songs meet this passage

  • No More Drama · Mary J. Blige

    resonates with Deuteronomy 30:19

    Her framing of choice between pain and freedom echoes the biblical theme of being set before a real choice with real consequences, though without the covenant depth Scripture gives it.

  • “there's still time to change the road you're on”

    Stairway to Heaven · Led Zeppelin

    resonates with Deuteronomy 30:19

    The call to choose a different path before it's too late echoes the biblical pattern of setting two ways before a person and urging a choice toward life.

  • “take my hand, end your life, we can be together tonight”

    there's love in murder, y'know? · izumi is dead

    strains against Deuteronomy 30:19

    God pleads with His people to choose life; this lyric pleads the opposite, dressing death up as togetherness.

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