Deuteronomy 30:20 (WEB)

Passage

to love Yahweh 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 Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 30:18 I denounce to you today, that you will surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you pass over the Jordan to go in to possess it.

Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants;

Deuteronomy 30:20 to love Yahweh 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 Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "love", "yahweh", "obey", "voice", "cling", "life", "length", and "days". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "love" and "yahweh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "I call heaven and earth to witness...", giving immediate footing for "love" and "yahweh". In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "love" and "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.