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;
to love Jehovah thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto him; for he is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
And he said unto them, Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, (even) all the words of this law.
For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.