2. What causes regret?
“Those who survive will escape and be on the mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them mourning, Each for his iniquity. 17 Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will be as weak as water. 18 They will also be girded with sackcloth; Horror will cover them; Shame will be on every face, Baldness on all their heads.

3. What causes regret?
19 “They will throw their silver into the streets, And their gold will be like refuse; Their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them In the day of the wrath of the Lord; They will not satisfy their souls, Nor fill their stomachs, Because it became their stumbling block of iniquity.
Ezekiel 7:16-19

4. What causes regret?
Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing.
2 Corinthians 7:9

5. What causes regret?
3 There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

6. What causes regret?
7 For my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. 10 My heart pants, my strength fails me; As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.
Psalm 38:3-10

7. What causes regret?
17 And David said to God, “Was it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? I am the one who has sinned and done evil indeed; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, O Lord my God, be against me and my father's house, but not against Your people that they should be plagued.”
1 Chronicles 21:17

8. What causes regret?
31 Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations.
Ezekiel 36:31

9. What causes regret?
For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
1 Corinthians 15:9

10. What causes regret?
For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.
Galatians 1:13

11. What regret can do to the Christian.
As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:12

12. What regret can do to the Christian.
Thus my heart was grieved, And I was vexed in my mind. 22 I was so foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You. 23 Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand. 24 You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
Psalm 73:21-24

13. How can the Christian overcome regret?
3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, 4 Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
Psalm 103:3-4

14. How can the Christian overcome regret?
As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:12

15. How can the Christian overcome regret?
When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long.
Psalm 32:3

16. Conclusion
Regret can not be allowed to cause the Christian to despair forever.
Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing.
2 Corinthians 7:9