Amos 5:24

And judgment rolls on as waters, || And righteousness as a perennial stream.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

In Context

23Turn the noise of your songs aside from Me, || Indeed, I do not hear the praise of your stringed instruments.

25Did you bring sacrifices and offerings near to Me, || In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

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Cross References

Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and judgment, || Is chosen of YHWH rather than sacrifice.

Hosea 6:6For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, || And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

Amos 5:14Seek good, and not evil, that you may live, and it is so; YHWH, God of Hosts, [is] with you, as you said.

Mark 12:32And the scribe said to Him, “Well, Teacher, in truth You have spoken that there is one God, and there is none 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 →

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