Amos 5:24
But let justice roll on as a flood of waters, and righteousness like an unfailing stream.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
In Context
23Spare me the noise of your songs, I will not listen to the melody of your lyres.
Cross References
Hosea 6:6for it is love that I delight in and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God and not burnt offerings.
Amos 5:14Seek good and not evil, that you may live, so the Lord, God of hosts, may be with you, as you have claimed he is.
Mark 12:32“Wisely answered, teacher!” exclaimed the teacher of the Law. “It is true, as you say, that there is one God, and that there is no 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 →