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
It was meet that we should make merry and be glad; for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; he 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 happen that he find it, truly do I say to you, he rejoiceth over it more than over the ninetynine that did not go astray.
Which
Luke 15:29
And he answering said to his father, Lo! for so many years have I served thee, and never transgressed thy command; and yet to me thou never gavest a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.
Luke 16:15
And he said to them, Ye are they who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is highly exalted among men is an abomination before God.
Luke 18:9
And to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised all others, he spoke this parable:
Romans 7:9
And I, apart from the Law, was once alive; but when the commandment came, sin came to life again, and I died;
Philippians 3:6
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, blameless.
General references
Luke 5:32
I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners to repentance.
Luke 18:21
And he said, All these have I kept from my youth.
Luke 19:10
for the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.