Deuteronomy 30:20 (WEB)
to love the LORD your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Catechism · 1
“The way of Christ "leads to life"; a contrary way "leads to destruction."” — Catechism footnote: Mt 7:13; cf. Deut 30: 15-20.
Fathers and councils · 2
Irenaeus of Lyons
“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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Clement of Alexandria
“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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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Catechism §1696.