2 Corinthians 7:10

New Century Version

The kind of sorrow God wants makes people change their hearts and lives. This leads to salvation, and you cannot be sorry for that. But the kind of sorrow the world has brings death.

Cross References

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she was not having children for Jacob, she envied her sister Leah. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan answered, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You will not die.

2 Samuel 13:4

He asked Amnon, “Son of the king, why do you look so sad day after day? Tell me what’s wrong!” Amnon told him, “I love Tamar, the sister of my half-brother Absalom.”

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that the Israelites did not accept his advice, he saddled his donkey and went to his hometown. He left orders for his family and property, and then he hanged himself. He died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

1 Kings 21:4

Ahab went home angry and upset, because he did not like what Naboth from Jezreel had said. (Naboth had said, “I will not give you my family’s land.”) Ahab lay down on his bed, turned his face to the wall, and refused to eat.

Psalm 38:18

I confess my guilt; I am troubled by my sin.

Proverbs 15:13

Happiness makes a person smile, but sadness can break a person’s spirit.

Proverbs 15:15

Every day is hard for those who suffer, but a happy heart is like a continual feast.

Proverbs 17:22

A happy heart is like good medicine, but a broken spirit drains your strength.

Proverbs 18:14

The will to live can get you through sickness, but no one can live with a broken spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter, and sadness has a good influence on you.

Jeremiah 31:9

They will be crying as they come, but they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead those people by streams of water on an even road where they will not stumble. I am Israel’s father, and Israel is my firstborn son.

Ezekiel 7:16

Those who are left alive and who escape will be on the mountains, moaning like doves of the valleys about their own sin.

Jonah 3:10

When God saw what the people did, that they stopped doing evil, he changed his mind and did not do what he had warned. He did not punish them.

Jonah 3:8

But every person and animal should be covered with rough cloth, and people should cry loudly to God. Everyone must turn away from evil living and stop doing harm all the time.

Jonah 4:9

But God said to Jonah, “Do you think it is right for you to be angry about the plant?” Jonah answered, “It is right for me to be angry! I am so angry I could die!”

Matthew 26:75

And Peter remembered what Jesus had told him: “Before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you don’t know me.” Then Peter went outside and cried painfully.

Luke 15:10

In the same way, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God when one sinner changes his heart and life.”

Luke 18:13

“The tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even look up to heaven. But he beat on his chest because he was so sad. He said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

Acts 11:18

When the believers heard this, they stopped arguing. They praised God and said, “So God is allowing even other nations to turn to him and live.”

Acts 3:19

So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins. Then the Lord will send the time of rest.

2 Corinthians 12:21

I am afraid that when I come to you again, my God will make me ashamed before you. I may be saddened by many of those who have sinned because they have not changed their hearts or turned from their sexual sins and the shameful things they have done.

2 Corinthians 7:9

Now I am happy, not because you were made sad, but because your sorrow made you change your lives. You became sad in the way God wanted you to, so you were not hurt by us in any way.

Hebrews 12:17

You remember that after Esau did this, he wanted to get his father’s blessing, but his father refused. Esau could find no way to change what he had done, even though he wanted the blessing so much that he cried.

1 Samuel 30:6

The men in the army were threatening to kill David with stones, which greatly upset David. Each man was sad and angry because his sons and daughters had been captured, but David found strength in the Lord his God.