Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
General references
Bible References
Joy
Luke 15:32
But it became us to make merry and rejoice; for this your brother was dead, and is alive again: was lost, and is found.
Luke 5:32
I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to repentance.
Matthew 18:13
And if it so be that he find it, verily I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
Which
Luke 15:29
But he answered and said to his father, Behold, for so many years do I serve you, and never have I transgressed your commandment, and yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.
Luke 16:15
And he said to them: You set yourselves forth as righteous before men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men, is detestable in the sight of God.
Luke 18:9
And he spoke this parable to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and who despised others.
Romans 7:9
Indeed, I was alive with out the law, once; but when the commandment came, sin be came alive, and I died:
Philippians 3:6
as it respects zeal, persecuting the church; as it respects righteousness which is by law, blameless.
General references
Luke 5:32
I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to repentance.
Luke 18:21
He replied: All these have I kept from my youth.
Luke 19:10
For the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.