1 Corinthians 13:6

Love takes no delight in unrighteousness but rejoices with the truth. Its joys are tied to what is good and true.

Cross-references · 26

• Rom 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
• 3 Jn 1:3–4For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk.
• 2 Jn 1:4I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.
• Rom 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
• 2 Th 2:12in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.
• Hos 4:8They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
• Prov 14:9Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
• Mic 7:8Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
• Luke 19:41–42As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
• Jer 13:17But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
• Ps 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
• Phil 3:18For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
• 1 Th 3:6–10But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you.
• Phil 2:17–18But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
• 2 Cor 7:9–16And 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.
• Jer 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
• Exod 18:9And Jethro rejoiced over all the good things the LORD had done for Israel, whom He had rescued from the hand of the Egyptians.
• Phil 1:4In every prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy,
• Jer 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
• Ps 10:3For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
• Phil 1:18What then is the issue? Just this: that in every way, whether by false motives or true, Christ is preached. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,
• 2 Sam 4:10–12when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
• Josh 22:22–33“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.
• Luke 22:5They were delighted and agreed to give him money.
• Hos 7:3They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
• 1 Sam 23:19–21Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?

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