Amos 5:24
But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
In Context
23Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:3To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.
Hosea 6:6Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.
Amos 5:14Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.
Mark 12:32And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said 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 →