2 Corinthians 7:9

American Standard Version 2015

I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing.

Cross References

Luke 15:7

I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, {\i more} than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.\par

Acts 20:21

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

Psalm 38:18

For I will declare mine iniquity;\par\tab I will be sorry for my sin.

2 Corinthians 2:16

to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

Luke 15:10

Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.}\par

Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.

Luke 15:32

But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive {\i again}; and {\i was} lost, and is found.}\par

Matthew 3:8

Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:

2 Corinthians 7:8

For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret {\i it} (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season),