Matthew 18:13

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.

Cross References

Psalm 147:11

but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

Isaiah 53:11

he shall see the fruit of the travail of his soul and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous; and he shall bear their iniquities.

Isaiah 62:5

For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.

Ezekiel 34:4

The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the crippled you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like thee, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger for ever because he delights in steadfast love.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing

Matthew 18:12

What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?

Matthew 18:14

So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

1 Corinthians 13:6

it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; yet mercy triumphs over judgment.