2Cor.7.10

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

2Cor.7.10

Distress that drives us to God does that. It turns us around. It gets us back in the way of salvation. We never regret that kind of pain. But those who let distress drive them away from God are full of regrets, end up on a deathbed of regrets.

2Cor.7.10

For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.

2Cor.7.10

For God can use sorrow in our lives to help us turn away from sin and seek salvation. We will never regret that kind of sorrow. But sorrow without repentance is the kind that results in death.