Verses About
Shame



98 Verses About Shame from 26 Books

Exodus 32:25

And when Moses saw that the people [were] naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto [their] shame among their enemies:)

Judges 18:7

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that [were] therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and [there was] no magistrate in the land, that might put [them] to shame in [any] thing; and they [were] far from the Zidonians, and had no business with [any] man.

Samuel 1 20:34

So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

Samuel 2 13:13

And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

Chronicles 2 32:21

And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

Job 8:22

They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

Psalms 4:2

O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after leasing? Selah.



Psalms 35:4

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Psalms 35:26

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify [themselves] against me.

Psalms 40:14

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Psalms 40:15

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

Psalms 44:7

But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

Psalms 44:9

But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

Psalms 44:15

My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,



Psalms 53:5

There were they in great fear, [where] no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth [against] thee: thou hast put [them] to shame, because God hath despised them.

Psalms 69:7

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

Psalms 69:19

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries [are] all before thee.

Psalms 70:3

Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

Psalms 71:24

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Psalms 83:16

Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

Psalms 83:17

Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:



Psalms 89:45

The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

Psalms 109:29

Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

Psalms 119:31

I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.

Psalms 132:18

His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

Proverbs 3:35

The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Proverbs 9:7

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.

Proverbs 10:5

He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.



Proverbs 11:2

[When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

Proverbs 14:35

The king's favour [is] toward a wise servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.

Proverbs 17:2

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Proverbs 18:13

He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it [is] folly and shame unto him.



Proverbs 19:26

He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

Proverbs 25:8

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

Proverbs 25:10

Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.

Isaiah 20:4

So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with [their] buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

Isaiah 22:18

He will surely violently turn and toss thee [like] a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory [shall be] the shame of thy lord's house.

Isaiah 30:3

Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt [your] confusion.

Isaiah 30:5

They were all ashamed of a people [that] could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

Isaiah 47:3

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet [thee as] a man.

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

Isaiah 54:4

Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

Isaiah 61:7

For your shame [ye shall have] double; and [for] confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

Jeremiah 3:24

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

Jeremiah 3:25

We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.





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