Verse of the Day

Friday, April 12, 2024

Amos 5:24 NIV

Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!

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Translations of Today's Verse

King James Version

Let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

English Standard Version

But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

The Message

Do you know what I want? I want justice - oceans of it. I want fairness - rivers of it. That's what I want. That's all I want.

New King James Version

Let justice run down like water, And righteousness like a mighty stream.

New Living Translation

Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, a river of righteous living that will never run dry.

Commentary on Today's Verse

Commentary on Amos 5:18-27

(Read Amos 5:18-27)

Woe unto those that desire the day of the Lord's judgments, that wish for times of war and confusion; as some who long for changes, hoping to rise upon the ruins of their country! but this should be so great a desolation, that nobody could gain by it. The day of the Lord will be a dark, dismal, gloomy day to all impenitent sinners. When God makes a day dark, all the world cannot make it light. Those who are not reformed by the judgments of God, will be pursued by them; if they escape one, another stands ready to seize them. A pretence of piety is double iniquity, and so it will be found. The people of Israel copied the crimes of their forefathers. The law of worshipping the Lord our God, is, Him only we must serve. Professors thrive so little, because they have little or no communion with God in their duties. They were led captive by Satan into idolatry, therefore God caused them to go into captivity among idolaters.


Amos 5:24 In-Context

22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have no regard for them.

23 Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

24 But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!

25 "Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?

26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king, the pedestal of your idols, the star of your godOr "lifted up Sakkuth your king" / "and Kaiwan your idols," / "your star-gods" ; Septuagint "lifted up the shrine of Molek" / "and the star of your god Rephan," / "their idols" - which you made for yourselves.


This Week's Daily Bible Verses

Thursday, April 11

Isaiah 12:1-2

"I will praise you, O Lord. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me. Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation."

Read all of Isaiah 12 NIV

Wednesday, April 10

Isaiah 52:7

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

Read all of Isaiah 52 NIV

Tuesday, April 09

1 John 2:22

Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist -- he denies the Father and the Son.

Read all of 1 John 2 NIV

Monday, April 08

Titus 2:14

Jesus Christ gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

Read all of Titus 2 NIV

Sunday, April 07

John 17:13

"I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them."

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Saturday, April 06

John 11:25-26

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

Read all of John 11 NIV

Friday, April 05

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."

Read all of Hebrews 13 NIV