The sorrow of the world — Sorrow that arises from worldly considerations. Worketh death — Naturally tends to work or occasion death, temporal, spiritual, and eternal.
Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 7:10
2 Corinthians 7:10
10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.