Amos 5:24

New King James Version

But let justice run down like water, And righteousness like a mighty stream.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:3

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

Isaiah 48:18

Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord: “Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

Ezekiel 45:9

‘Thus says the Lord God: “Enough, O princes of Israel! Remove violence and plundering, execute justice and righteousness, and stop dispossessing My people,” says the Lord God.

Hosea 6:6

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

Amos 5:23

Take away from Me the noise of your songs, For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.

Amos 5:7

You who turn justice to wormwood, And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”

Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?