2 Corinthians 7:10

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2 Corinthians 7:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

8 Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it, I now see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time.

9 And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.

10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

11 Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

12 So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

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2 Corinthians 12:21

I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.

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Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

1 Kings 8:47

and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

1 Kings 8:48

and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,

1 Kings 8:49

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.

1 Kings 8:50

May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.

Job 33:27

Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

Job 33:28

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Jeremiah 31:9

They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

Ezekiel 7:16

The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.

Ezekiel 18:27

But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.

Ezekiel 18:28

Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.

Ezekiel 18:29

Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

Ezekiel 18:30

Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.

Jonah 3:8

Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.

Jonah 3:10

When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.

Matthew 21:28

But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

Matthew 21:29

‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

Matthew 21:30

Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

Matthew 21:32

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Matthew 26:75

Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

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 18:13

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Acts 3:19

Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

Acts 11:18

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2 Timothy 2:26

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Genesis 4:14

Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

Genesis 4:15

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Genesis 30:1

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2 Samuel 13:4

so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

2 Samuel 17:23

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Proverbs 15:15

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Proverbs 17:22

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Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?

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Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”

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“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

Matthew 27:5

So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

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