...and GOD said...
Today I ask heaven and earth to be witnesses.
I AM offering you life or death, blessings or curses.
Now, choose life! Then you and your
children may live.
Deuteronomy
30:19-20
NCV
IT'S YOUR CHOICE
… those who forget God have no hope. They are like rushes without any mire to grow in; or grass without water to keep it alive. Suddenly it begins to wither, even before it is cut. Job 8:13 TLB
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All the paths of the Lord are mercy and steadfast love, even truth and faithfulness are they for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies. Psalm 25:10 AMPC
Make me go in the path of Your commandments, for in them do I delight. Psalm 119:35 AMPC
A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. Proverbs 16:9 NKJV
You know where I go and where I lie down. You know everything I do. Psalm 139:3 NCV
I have followed your commands, which keep me from following cruel and evil people. Psalm 17:4 NLT
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Tell me what to do, O Lord, and make it plain because I am surrounded by waiting enemies. Psalm 27:11 TLB
Hold up my goings in Thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. Psalm 17:5 KJV
Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet, and a Light unto my path. Psalm 119:105 KJV
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Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths. Psalm 25:4 NKJV
In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5 KJV
I know, God, that mere mortals can’t run their own lives, that men and women don’t have what it takes to take charge of life. So, correct us, God, as you see best. Don’t lose your temper. That would be the end of us. Vent your anger on the godless nations, who refuse to acknowledge you, and on the people who won’t pray to you— Jeremiah 10:23 Message Bible
A CHOICE TO DO GOOD
You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11 NKJV
He restores my soul: He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Psalm 23:3 KJV
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You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NLT
For I am overwhelmed and desperate, and you alone know which way I ought to turn to miss the traps my enemies have set for me. Psalm 142:3 TLB
And here’s why: God gives out Wisdom free, is plainspoken in Knowledge and Understanding. He’s a rich mine of Common Sense for those who live well, a personal bodyguard to the candid and sincere. He keeps his eye on all who live honestly, and pays special attention to his loyally committed ones. Proverbs 2:8 The Message Bible
(God’s Wisdom) Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. Proverbs 3:17 KJV
I have taught you in the way of skillful and godly Wisdom [which is comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God]; I have led you in paths of uprightness. Proverbs 4:11 AMPC
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Proverbs 4:18 KJV
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Enter not into the path of the wicked and go not in the way of evil men. Proverbs 4:14 KJV
Ponder the path of thy feet and let all thy ways be established. Proverbs 4:26 KJV
I (Godly Wisdom) lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment… Proverbs 8:20 KJV
In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death. Proverbs 12:28 KJV
And many people shall go and say, come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Isaiah 2:3 KJV; Micha 4:2 KJV
The way of the just is uprightness: Thou, Most Upright, dost weigh the path of the just. Isaiah 26:7 KJV
Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, we will not walk therein. Jeremiah 6:16 KJV
… the voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight. Matthew 3:3 KJV
And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. Hebrews 12:13 KJV
Proverbs 2:1-12 AMPC
1 My son, if you will receive my words and treasure up my commandments within you,
2 Making your ear attentive to skillful and godly Wisdom and inclining and directing your heart and mind to understanding [applying all your powers to the quest for it];
3 Yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
4 If you seek [Wisdom] as for silver and search for skillful and godly Wisdom as for hidden treasures,
5 Then you will understand the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of [our omniscient] God.
6 For the Lord gives skillful and godly Wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He hides away sound and godly Wisdom and stores it for the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him); He is a shield to those who walk uprightly and in integrity,
8 That He may guard the paths of justice; yes, He preserves the way of His saints.
9 Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and fair dealing [in every area and relation]; yes, you will understand every good path.
10 For skillful and godly Wisdom shall enter into your heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant to you.
11 Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you,
12 To deliver you from the way of evil and the evil men, from men who speak perverse things and are liars,
A CHOICE TO DO EVIL
Proverbs 2:13-22 AMPC
13 Men who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15 Who are crooked in their ways, wayward and devious in their paths.
16 [Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you] to deliver you from the alien woman, from the outsider with her flattering words,
17 Who forsakes the husband and guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
18 For her house sinks down to death and her paths to the spirits [of the dead].
19 None who go to her return again, neither do they attain or regain the paths of life.
20 So may you walk in the way of good men, and keep to the paths of the [consistently] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God).
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the men of integrity, blameless and complete [in God’s sight], shall remain in it;
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.
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Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. Proverbs 6:2 KJV
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Proverbs 6:12-16 KJV
12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
13 He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers.
14 Frowardness is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he soweth discord.
15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaks lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. Job 24:13 KJV
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: Proverbs 1:15 KJV
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The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet, her soft words are oh so smooth. But it won’t be long before she’s gravel in your mouth, a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart. She’s dancing down the perfumed path to Death; she’s headed straight for Hell and taking you with her. She hasn’t a clue about Real Life, about who she is or where she’s going. Proverbs 5:6 The Message Bible
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. Proverbs 6:2 KJV
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Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. Isaiah 59:7 KJV
The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace. Isaiah 59:8 KJV
Because My people hath forgotten Me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; Jeremiah 18:15 KJV
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