The Bible separates regret that leads to repentance from regret that leads to death. Paul puts it this way: “Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death” (2 Corinthians 7:10). Matthew tells two stories of regret one after the other: Peter weeps bitterly after denying Jesus (Matthew 26:75), and Judas, “seized with remorse,” returns the silver and hangs himself (Matthew 27:3-5). Regret is put into words in Psalm 51, Psalm 38…
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