Amos 5:24

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But let justice flow like water, and righteousness like an unfailing stream.

Cross References

Micah 6:8

Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the  Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.

Jeremiah 22:3

This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness.  Rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor.  Don’t exploit or brutalise the resident foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.  Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

Hosea 6:6

For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God  rather than burnt offerings.

Proverbs 21:3

Doing what is righteous and just is more acceptable to the  Lord than sacrifice.

Amos 5:7

Those who turn justice into wormwood also throw righteousness to the ground.

Isaiah 48:18

If only you had paid attention to my commands. Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Ezekiel 45:9

‘This is what the Lord God says: You have gone too far,  , princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression and do what is just and right.  Put an end to your evictions of my people.’ This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Amos 5:23

Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.