Amos 5:24
Instead, let justice flow like water, 1 and righteousness like a constantly flowing stream. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
In Context
23Remove from me the noise of your songs; 1 I will not listen to the sound of your harps. 1
25Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings 1 in the wilderness for forty years, house of Israel? 1
Cross References
Proverbs 21:3To do what is right and just 1 is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice. 1
Hosea 6:6For I desire faithfulness and not sacrifice, 1 and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 1
Amos 5:14Seek good and not evil, 1 so that you may live. 1 So Yahweh, the God of hosts, will really be with you, 1 as you say he is. 1
Mark 12:32The scribe said, “Good, Teacher! You have truly said that God is one, 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 →