Amos 5:24
But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
In Context
23Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs, for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
25Did ye bring sacrifices and offerings to me in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Cross References
Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to LORD than sacrifice.
Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
Amos 5:14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, and so LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.
Mark 12:32And the scholar said to him, Well, teacher. Thou spoke in truth that he is one, and there is no other but he.
Matthew Henry on Amos 5:22-27
Hypocritical Services Rejected; Threatenings against Israel. ( b. c. 790.) 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. 22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. 23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. 24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. 25 Have ye offered unto me… Read the whole commentary →