Charles Spurgeon Commentary Amos 5:6-7

"Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el. Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth," — Amos 5:6-7 (ASV)

Here you have another great truth—that, in order to seek God correctly, we must turn away from sin. All the ritualism in the world will not save us, or be acceptable to God; there must be purity of life, and holiness of character; justice must be done between people, and we must seek to be right before the righteous and holy God.