2 Corinthians 7:10 KJV
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Scofield Notes
Matthew Henry
- He rejoiced in their sorrowing to repentanceThere were fightings without, or continual contentions with, and opposition from Jews and Gentiles; and there were fears within, and great concern for such...
Thompson Chains
- ContritionLast of 7 links
- Prom, to PenitentSee the chain from Psalms 34:18 · 6 links
- RemorseSee the chain from Numbers 14:39 · 4 links
Cross References
- Acts 11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
- 2 Samuel 12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
- 1 Kings 8:47–50 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; …
- Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
- 2 Timothy 2:25–26 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; …
- Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
- Luke 15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
- Luke 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
- 2 Corinthians 12:21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
- Hebrews 12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
- Genesis 4:13–15 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. …
- Genesis 30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
- 1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
- 2 Samuel 13:4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
- 2 Samuel 17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
- 1 Kings 21:4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
- Job 33:27–28 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; …
- Proverbs 15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
- Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
- Jeremiah 31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
- Ezekiel 7:16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
- Jonah 3:8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
- Jonah 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
- Jonah 4:9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
- Matthew 21:28–32 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. …
- Matthew 26:75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
- Matthew 27:4–5 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. …
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Topics
- Repentance Exemplified
- Righteousness Fruits of
- Salvation Unclassified scriptures relating to
- Sorrow For sin
- Wicked (people) Punishment of
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 60 · The Second Epistle to the Corinthians
Strong’s Numbers
- For γάρ gár
- godly θεός theós κατά katá
- sorrow λύπη lýpē
- worketh κατεργάζομαι katergázomai
- repentance μετάνοια metánoia
- to εἰς eis
- salvation σωτηρία sōtēría
- not to be repented of ἀμεταμέλητος ametamélētos
- but δέ dé
- the sorrow λύπη lýpē
- of the world κόσμος kósmos
- worketh κατεργάζομαι katergázomai
- death θάνατος thánatos
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