One of the clearest examples Scripture gives of worldly sorrow is Judas. It is said of Judas that he “felt remorse” for betraying Christ, that he “returned the thirty pieces of silver” by which he was bribed, and that he even openly confessed, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood” (Matt 27:3).
Godly sorrow inspires change and hope through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Worldly sorrow pulls us down, extinguishes hope, and persuades us to give in to further temptation. Godly sorrow leads to conversion and a change of heart. It causes us to hate sin and love goodness.
2 Corinthians 7:10 American Standard Version (ASV)
For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
There are two kinds of sorrow. Worldly sorrow brings death. You can be full of regret and never change; you can be sorry without repenting. Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret.
Godly sorrow is when the Holy Spirit places a sadness upon your heart and spirit and tells you that something is not right. We have done something wrong, and we need to repent and return to the Father. You have sinned, and so have I. It's a part of being human, unfortunately.
People who have worldly sorrow are often defensive about their sin and attempt to justify it or explain it away; whereas godly sorrow causes you to own your sin and make no excuses.
Spiritual mourning has a clear focus. It is mourning over particular sins, that you have come to see through the ministry of God's Word, through God's Spirit and through God's people. State your sin clearly—without excuse and without evasion: “I have acted out of envy. I have insisted on my own way.
The death of the loved ones is the greatest sorrow of the people.
I felt sorrow at/over the death of my friend.
Things come into being through a series of causes and conditions, and that is the same for our suffering. However, there are three main things that cause us emotional and psychological suffering, namely, the three poisons. They are clinging desire, anger and aversion and unawareness.
Pray, read the scriptures, repent, and know that everything will turn out right in the end. Everyone makes mistakes, but we can overcome them. Part of repentance is feeling sorry for what we've done, but sometimes we don't feel sorry because we don't fully understand the Atonement.
Sorrow is a feeling of immense sadness, like the sorrow you would feel if your best friend suddenly moved across the country. Sorrow is an almost unbearable sadness. In fact, it is often used as a synonym for grief.
In one verse it says, “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not” (Isaiah 53:3). This man of sorrows was Jesus Christ.
My deepest sorrow and thoughts are with his family at this time. Their first thought was not one of sorrow and sympathy. It is wonderful that from so much sorrow such happiness could come. It was a great sorrow to him that he had none of his own.
Sorrow, distress, grief, misery, woe imply bitter suffering, especially as caused by loss or misfortune. Sorrow is the most general term. Grief is keen suffering, especially for a particular reason. Distress implies anxiety, anguish, or acute suffering caused by the pressure of trouble or adversity.
: deep distress, sadness, or regret especially for the loss of someone or something loved. : resultant unhappy or unpleasant state.
Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow. My necessaries are embark'd: farewell.
For one thing, it deepens our connections to other people and increases our sense of common humanity. Cain points to the movie Inside Out and its celebration of the power of sadness, and to Dacher Keltner's research on the “compassionate instinct”—the way we're hardwired to care about others who are in pain.
Just as God saw and heard the Hebrew's cry, He hears yours, too. He is aware of your affliction and suffering. Each tear we cry has meaning to our Father God. He keeps track of all our sorrows just as carefully as if He were gathering each tear and placing it in a bottle for His remembrance.
Matthew 5:4
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." The Good News: God will never abandon us during our times of grief. Instead, he will always provide us with love and hope.
Although the Bible uses some impersonal images of the Holy Spirit (such as wind, or a dove), the fact that the Spirit can be grieved reminds us that he is a person and not some impersonal force. How do we grieve the Holy Spirit? We do this by failing to live holy and righteous lives.
2 Corinthians 7:10 In-Context
For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. 10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.