Amos 5:24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O mortal, 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: Act with justice and righteousness and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place.

Hosea 6:6

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

Proverbs 21:3

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

Amos 5:7

Ah, you who turn justice to wormwood and bring righteousness to the ground!

Isaiah 48:18

O that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your prosperity would have been like a river and your success like the waves of the sea;

Ezekiel 45:9

“Thus says the Lord God: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Cease your evictions of 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.