Amos 5:24

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And let iudgement run downe as water, and righteousnesse as a mightie riuer.

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Referenced Verses

  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath shewed thee O man what is good, and what the Lorde requireth of thee: namely to do iustly, to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe to walke with thy God.
  • Prov 21:3 : 3 To do righteousnes and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice.
  • Amos 5:7 : 7 They turne iudgement to wormewood, and forsake righteousnesse in the earth.
  • Amos 5:14-15 : 14 Seke good and not euill, that ye may liue: & so the Lord God of hoastes shalbe with you, as you haue spoken. 15 Hate the euill and loue the good, and establishe iudgement in the gate: it may be, that the Lord God of hoastes wilbe mercifull vnto the remnaunt of Ioseph.
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus the Lord comaundeth: Kepe equitie and righteousnesse, deliuer the oppressed from the power of the violent, do not greeue nor oppresse the straunger, the fatherlesse, nor the widowe, and shed no innocent blood in this place.
  • Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more then burnt offeringes.
  • Mark 12:32-34 : 32 And the scribe sayde vnto hym: well maister, thou hast sayde the trueth, for there is one God, & there is none but he. 33 And to loue hym with all the heart, and with all the vnderstandyng, & with all the soule, and with all the strength, and to loue a mans neyghbour as hym selfe, is greater then all the burnt offerynges and sacrifices. 34 And when Iesus sawe that he aunswered discretely, he sayde vnto hym: Thou art not farre from the kingdome of God. And no man after that, durst aske hym any question.
  • Job 29:12-17 : 12 For I deliuered the poore when he cryed, and the fatherlesse, and hym that had none to helpe hym. 13 The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce. 14 And why? I put vpon me righteousnesse, which couered me as a garment, and equitie was my crowne. 15 I was an eye to the blinde, and a foote to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently. 17 I brake the iawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the spoyle out of his teeth.

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