2 Corinthians 7:9
Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, so that you were not harmed in any way by us.
Acts 20:21
testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
Psalm 38:18
Yes, I confess my wrongdoing, and I am concerned about my sins.
Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.
Isaiah 6:9-11
He said, "Go and tell these people: 'Listen continually, but don't understand! Look continually, but don't perceive!'
Jeremiah 31:18-20
I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully, 'We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the Lord our God.
Zechariah 12:10
"I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.
Luke 15:7
I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.
Luke 15:10
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God's angels over one sinner who repents."
Luke 15:17-24
But when he came to his senses he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!
Luke 15:32
It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.'"
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God -- not by human wisdom but by the grace of God -- we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
2 Corinthians 2:16
to the latter an odor from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?
2 Corinthians 7:6-7
But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.
2 Corinthians 7:10-11
For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.
2 Corinthians 10:8-10
For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.
2 Corinthians 13:8-10
For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the sake of the truth.