Ignorance of the requirements of the law cannot be pleaded (Deuteronomy 30:10–14); therefore, life and death, good and evil, are solemn…

He is thy life, and the length of thy days. —This is the Old Testament form of a well-known saying in the New Testament, …

That you may love the Lord your God
And show it by keeping his commands:

[and] that you may obey …

What could be said more moving, and more likely to make deep and lasting impressions? All people wish to obtain life and good, and to escape death …