Amos 5:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”
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“But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Amos 5:24 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
- Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
- Jeremiah 22:3This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
- Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
- Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
- Amos 5:14Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
- Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Mark 12:32“Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,
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