Amos 5:24

Modern English Version

But let justice roll down like water, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Cross References

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good— and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver the robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. And do no wrong or violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Hosea 6:6

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Amos 5:7

You who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness down to the ground!

Isaiah 48:18

Oh, that you had listened to My commandments! Then your peace would have been as a river and your righteousness as the waves of the sea.

Ezekiel 45:9

Thus says the Lord God: Let it suffice you officials of Israel. Remove violence and destruction, and execute justice and righteousness. Take away your exactions from My people, says the Lord God.

Amos 5:23

Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps.