(page 1) Bible Verses About Shame
93 Scriptures on Shame

Bible Verses About Shame

Jeremiah 20:18

Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Jeremiah 23:40

and I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.

Jeremiah 3:25

Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God."

Jeremiah 46:12

The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.

Jeremiah 48:1

Of Moab. Thus says the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is disappointed, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.

Jeremiah 48:39

How is it broken down! [how] do they wail! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him.

Job 20:3

I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.

Job 8:22

Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more."

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

Judges 18:7

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were therein, how they lived in security, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put [them] to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.

Judith 1:14

and became lord of his cities. And he came to Ecbatane and took the towers and pillaged its streets and turned its beauty into shame.

Judith 12:12

For, see, it will be a shame upon our person, if we let such a woman go without having had her company; for if we do not draw her to us, she will laugh at us in scorn."

Judith 13:16

As the Lord lives, who has preserved me in the path that I took, my attractiveness has deceived him to his destruction, and yet he did not commit sin with me, to defile and shame me."

Judith 14:18

"These slaves have dealt treacherously; one woman of the Hebrews has brought shame on the house of king Nebuchadnezzar; for, behold, Holofernes lies on the ground without a head!"

Judith 9:2

"O Lord God of my father Simeon, to whom you gave a sword to take vengeance on the strangers, who loosened the girdle of a maid to defile her, and uncovered the thigh to her shame, and polluted her virginity to her reproach; for you said, 'It will not be so,' and yet they did so.

Luke 14:9

and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

Micah 1:11

Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan won't come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection.

Micah 7:10

Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, where is the LORD your God? Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.

Nahum 3:5

"Behold, I am against you," says the LORD of Armies, "and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.

Obadiah 1:10

For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever.

Philippians 3:19

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

Prayer of Azariah 1:10

And now we cannot open our mouths; we have become a shame and a reproach to your servants and to those who worship you.

Prayer of Azariah 1:19

Do not put us to shame, but deal with us according to your loving kindness and according to the multitude of your mercies.

Proverbs 10:5

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

Proverbs 14:35

The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

Proverbs 17:2

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

Proverbs 18:13

He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

Proverbs 18:3

When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.

Proverbs 19:26

He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

Proverbs 25:10

lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

Proverbs 3:35

The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.

Psalms 109:29

Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

Psalms 132:18

I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will be resplendent." A Song of Ascents. By David.

Psalms 34:5

They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.

Psalms 35:26

Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

Psalms 40:15

Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, "Aha! Aha!"

Psalms 44:15

All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,

Psalms 53:5

There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.

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