2 Corinthians 7:9

The Scriptures 2009

I now rejoice, not that you were made sad, but that you were saddened into repenting. For you were made sad according to Elohim, so that you suffered no loss from us.

Cross References

Luke 15:7

“I say to you that in the same way there shall be more joy in the heaven over one sinner repenting, than over ninety-nine righteous ones who need no repentance.

Acts 20:21

witnessing to Yehuḏim, and also to Greeks: repentance toward Elohim and belief in our Master יהושע Messiah.

Ecclesiastes 7:3

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

Psalm 38:18

For I confess my crookedness; I am sorry over my sin.

2 Corinthians 2:16

To the one we are the smell of death to death, and to the other the fragrance of life to life. And who is competent for these?

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boasting is this: the witness of our conscience that we behaved ourselves in the world in simplicity and sincerity of Elohim, not in fleshly wisdom but in the favour of Elohim, and much more toward you.

Luke 15:10

I say to you, in the same way there is joy in the presence of the messengers of Elohim over one sinner repenting.

Zechariah 12:10

“And I shall pour on the house of Dawiḏ and on the inhabitants of Yerushalayim a spirit of favour and prayers. And they shall look on Me whom they pierced, and they shall mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son. And they shall be in bitterness over Him as a bitterness over the first-born.

Luke 15:32

And we had to rejoice and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive, and was lost and is found.’ ”

Matthew 3:8

“Bear, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance,

2 Corinthians 7:8

For even if I made you sad with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same letter made you sad, even if for an hour.