Amos 5:24
But let justice roll on like rivers,and righteousness like a mighty stream.
New Heart English 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.
25"Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
Cross References
Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justiceis more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Amos 5:14Seek good, and not evil,that you may live;and so the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be with you,as you say.
Mark 12:32The scribe said to him, "Truly, Teacher, you have said well that he is one, 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 →