Verse 24

But let justice roll on like rivers, And righteousness like a mighty stream.

Referenced Verses

  • Mic 6:8 : 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?
  • Prov 21:3 : 3 To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
  • Amos 5:7 : 7 You who turn justice to wormwood, And cast down righteousness to the earth:
  • Amos 5:14-15 : 14 Seek good, and not evil, That you may live; And so Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be with you, As you say. 15 Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph."
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus says Yahweh: Execute you justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
  • Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
  • Mark 12:32-34 : 32 The scribe said to him, "Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he, 33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." 34 When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one dared ask him any question after that.
  • Job 29:12-17 : 12 Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, And feet to the lame. 16 I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out. 17 I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.