2 Corinthians 7:9

The English Standar Version

As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

Cross References

Luke 15:7

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Acts 20:21

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

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.

Psalm 38:18

I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.

2 Corinthians 2:16

to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient[1] for these things?

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boast is this: the testimony of our conscience that we behaved in the world with simplicity[3] and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.

Luke 15:10

Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

Zechariah 12:10

"And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.

Luke 15:32

It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.' "

Matthew 3:8

Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.

2 Corinthians 7:8

For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it -- though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while.