Amos 5:24
But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Berean Standard Bible
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! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
25Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Cross References
Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Amos 5:14Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
Mark 12:32“Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but 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 →