Amos 5:24
but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.
Darby Translation
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 thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes;
25Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and oblations in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Cross References
Proverbs 21:3To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
Hosea 6:6For I delight in loving-kindness, 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 Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.
Mark 12:32And the scribe said to him, Right, teacher; thou hast spoken according to [the] truth. For he is one, and there is none other besides him;
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 →