Amos 5:24

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

— WEB

“But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”

— KJV

“But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”

— ASV

Bible Verses About Justice

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Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Micah 6:8 "He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?"
Jeremiah 22:3 "Yahweh says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no viole…"
Proverbs 21:3 "To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice."
Hosea 6:6 "For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."
Mark 12:32-34 "The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,"
Amos 5:14-15 "Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say."
Job 29:12-17 "Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,"
Amos 5:7 "You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:"

Commentary

judgment--justice. run down--literally, "roll," that is, flow abundantly (Isa 48:18). Without the desire to fulfil righteousness in the offerer, the sacrifice is hateful to God (Sa1 15:22; Psa 66:18; Hos 6:6; Mic 6:8).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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