Amos 5:24 · KJV
“But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. {run: Heb. roll}”
— Amos 5:24
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Amos 5 — Context
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept {them}: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. {peace...: or, thank offerings}
23Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. {run: Heb. roll}
25Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. {the tabernacle...: or, Siccuth your king}
Cross References
Micah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what {is} good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? {walk...: Heb. humble thyself to walk}
Jeremiah 22:3
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Proverbs 21:3
To do justice and judgment {is} more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Hosea 6:6
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Mark 12:32-34
And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
Amos 5:14-15
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
Job 29:12-17
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.
Amos 5:7
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,