Deuteronomy 30:19

• §1696Part Three · Life in ChristRead at vatican.va

  “The way of Christ "leads to life"; a contrary way "leads to destruction."” — Catechism footnote: Mt 7:13; cf. Deut 30: 15-20.

Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.16Book IV

  “And therefore Moses says to them again: “Choose life, that thou mayest live, and thy seed, to love the Lord thy God, to hear His voice, to cleave unto Him; for this is thy life, and the length of thy days.”” — editor's note: Deut. xxx. 19, 20.

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Origen

• Origen, De Principiis III.2Book III

  “Moses also: “I have placed before thy face the way of life, and the way of death: choose what is good, and walk in it.”” — editor's note: Cf. Deut. xxx. 15, 16, cf. 19.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Monogamy Chapter 14

  ““Behold,” saith He, “I have set before thee good and evil.”” — editor's note: See Deut. xxx. 1, 15, 19, and xi. 26. See, too, de Ex. Cast., c. ii.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion IV.15Book IV

  “He had already said of old, “Behold, I have set before you blessing and cursing.”” — editor's note: Deut. xxx. 19.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.14Book V

  “Further, the Barbarian philosophy recognises good as alone excellent, and virtue as sufficient for happiness, when it says, “Behold, I have set before your eyes good and evil, life and death, that ye may choose life.”” — editor's note: Deut. xxx. 15, 19, 20.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.6Book VI

  ““For, behold,” it is said, “I have set before your face death and life, that ye may choose life.”” — editor's note: Deut. xxx. 15, 19.

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• Matthew 7:13

  Cited together in Catechism §1696.