40 Bible Verses about Shame

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1 Samuel 2:22

And Eli a very old man, and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel; and they will lie with the women going forth at the door of the tent of appointment

Psalm 26:3

For thy mercy is before mine eyes, and I walked about in thy truth.

Psalm 119:78

The proud shall be ashamed, for they acted perversely to me without cause: I will meditate in thy charges

Isaiah 26:11

O Jehovah, high thy hand, they will not see: they shall see and be ashamed for their jealousy of the people; also the fire of thine enemies shall consume them.

Isaiah 44:11

Behold, all his associates shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they from man, they shall be gathered together, all of them; they shall stand, they shall tremble, they shall be ashamed together.

Isaiah 45:16

They were ashamed and also disgraced, all of them: together they went in shame the workmen of images.

Isaiah 45:24

Surely saying, In Jehovah to me justice and strength: even to him shall he come; and all being angry against him shall be ashamed.

Jeremiah 17:13

The hope of Israel, O Jehovah, all forsaking thee shall be ashamed, turning away from me they shall be written in the earth, for they forsook the fountain of the water of life, Jehovah.

Ezekiel 16:61

And thou didst remember thy ways, and thou wert ashamed in thy receiving thy sisters great above thee, to the younger than thee: and I gave them to thee for daughters, and not from thy covenant

Ezekiel 43:10

Thou son of man, announce to the house of Israel, the house, and they shall be ashamed of their iniquities: and measure the structure.

Hosea 4:19

The wind bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed of their sacrifices

Hosea 10:6

Also it shall be brought to Assur a gift to king Jareb: Ephraim shall take shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his counsel.

Exodus 32:25

And Moses will see the people that it was uncovered (for Aaron uncovered it for overthrow among their enemies).

Ezra 9:6

And saying, My God, I was ashamed and disgraced to lift up my face, O my God, to thee: for our iniquities were multiplied over the head, and our guilt was magnified even to the heavens.

Job 8:22

They hating thee shall put on shame; and the tent of the unjust shall not be.

Psalm 44:15

All the day my shame before me, and the confusion of my face covered me,

Jeremiah 23:40

And I gave upon you an eternal reproach and perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.

Ezekiel 32:30

There the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians who went down with the wounded; with their terror being ashamed of their strength; and they shall lie uncircumcised with the wounded of the sword, and bear their shame with those going down to the pit.

Hosea 4:18

Their drinking bout departed: committing fornication, they committed fornication: they loved, give ye shame upon her shields.

Psalm 69:19

Thou knewest my reproach and my shame, and my disgrace: all mine adversaries are before thee.

1 Corinthians 6:5

For confusion I speak to you. So is there not one wise with you, who will be able to judge between his brother?

2 Corinthians 7:9-11

Now I rejoice, not that ye were grieved, but that ye were grieved to repentance: for ye were grieved according to God, that ye be injured in nothing by us. For grief according to God works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but grief of the world works death. For behold, this same that ye grieve according to God, what care it wrought in you, but defence, but indignation, but fear, but anxious desire, but zeal, but punishing! In every thing ye recommended yourselves to be holy in this affair.

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Pride » Is followed by » Shame

Shame » Who shall be ashamed

Proverbs 13:5

The just one will hate the word of falsehood: and the unjust one will be loathsome and be put to shame.

Jeremiah 17:13

The hope of Israel, O Jehovah, all forsaking thee shall be ashamed, turning away from me they shall be written in the earth, for they forsook the fountain of the water of life, Jehovah.

Job 8:20-22

Behold, God will not reject the blameless one, and he will not take hold upon the hand of those doing evil: Till he shall fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with shouts of joy. They hating thee shall put on shame; and the tent of the unjust shall not be.

Isaiah 65:11-13

And ye forsaking Jehovah, forgetting my holy mountain, and preparing a table for Gad, and filling up for fate from mixed wine. And I numbered you to the sword, and ye all shall bend to the slaughter, because I called, and ye answered not: I spake and ye heard not; and ye will do evil in mine eyes, and in what I delighted not, ye chose. For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat and ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink and ye shall thirst: behold, my servants shall rejoice, and ye shall be ashamed.

Shame » Shame of sin

Exodus 32:25

And Moses will see the people that it was uncovered (for Aaron uncovered it for overthrow among their enemies).

Psalm 44:15

All the day my shame before me, and the confusion of my face covered me,

Ezra 9:6

And saying, My God, I was ashamed and disgraced to lift up my face, O my God, to thee: for our iniquities were multiplied over the head, and our guilt was magnified even to the heavens.

Shame » Who shall not be ashamed

Isaiah 49:23

And kings were thy supporters, and princesses thy nurses: their faces to the earth they shall worship to thee, and the dust of thy feet shall they lick up; and thou knewest that I Jehovah, that they shall not be ashamed waiting for me.

Isaiah 28:16

For this, thus said the Lord. Jehovah, Behold me placing for a foundation in Zion a stone, a stone of trial, a corner precious, a foundation being founded: and he believing shall not hasten.

Romans 10:9-11

For if thou confess in thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart is believed for justice: and with the mouth is confessed for salvation. For the writing says, Every one believing upon him shall not be ashamed.

Joel 2:23-27

Ye sons of Zion rejoice and be glad in Jehovah your God; for he gave to you the early rain for justice, and he will bring down to you the rain, the early and latter rain in the first. And the threshing-floors were filled with grain, and the wine-vats overflowed with new wine and new oil. And I requited to you the years which the common locust ate, the feeder, and the devourer, and the creeping locust, my great army which I sent among you. read more.
And eating, ye ate and were satisfied, and ye praised the name of Jehovah your God who did wonderfully with you: and my people shall not be ashamed forever. And ye knew that I am in the midst of Israel, and I am Jehovah your God, and none else: and my people shall not be ashamed forever.

Psalm 31:17

O Jehovah, I shall not be ashamed, for I called upon thee: the unjust shall be ashamed and they shall be destroyed to hades.

Shame » General references to

Shame » Who causes shame

Shame » Whose glory becomes shame

Hosea 4:6-7

My people were cut off from not knowing: because thou didst reject knowledge and I will reject thee from being priest to me: and thou wilt forget the instructions of thy God; I will also forget thy sons, also I As they multiplied so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into dishonor.

Habakkuk 2:6-16

Shall not these all of them lift up a parable against him, and an enigma of an oracle against him, and it shall be said, Wo! to him multiplying that not to him. how long making heavy upon him goods taken in pledge? Shall they not rise up suddenly, biting thee? and they disquieting thee shall rise up, and thou wert for plunder to them. For thou didst spoil many nations, all the rest of the peoples shall spoil thee; from the bloods of man, and the violence of the land, of the city, and all dwelling in it. read more.
Wo! to him plundering an evil plunder to his house, to set his nest on high, to deliver from the hand of evil. Thou wilt counsel shame to thy house, cutting off many peoples, and causing thy soul to sin. For the stone from the wall shall cry out, and the cross-beam from the wood shall answer it. Wo! to him building a city with bloods, and preparing a city by iniquity. Behold, is it not from Jehovah of armies, and the peoples shall labor in a sufficiency of fire, and the peoples shall be wearied in a sufficiency of emptiness? For the earth shall be filled to know the glory of Jehovah as the waters shall cover over the sea? Wo! to him giving his neighbor drink, pouring out thy leathern bottle, and also to be drunken so as to look upon their nakedness. Thou wert satisfied with dishonor rather than honor: drink thou also and be uncircumcised: the cup of the right hand of Jehovah shall turn upon thee, and ignominy upon thy glory.

Shame » Those that are ashamed of jesus Christ

Mark 8:31-38

And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be disapproved of by the elders, and the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise up. And he spake the word with frankness. And Peter having taken him, began to rebuke him. And he having turned back, and having seen his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, Retire behind me, Satan: for thou hast not in mind the things of God, but the things of men. read more.
And having called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wills to come after me, let him absolutely deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wills to save his life shall lose it; and whoever should lose his life for my sake and the good news, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and injure his soul Or what shall a man give for the exchange of his soul? For whoever should be ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; also the Son of man shall be ashamed of him, when he should come in the glory of the Father with the holy messengers.

Luke 9:22-27

Saying, That the Son of man must suffer many things, and be disapproved of by the more ancient and the chief priests and the scribes, and be slain, and be raised up the third day. And he said to all, If any one wish to come after me, let him deny himself, and lift up his cross daily and let him follow me. For whoever would wish to save his soul shall lose it: and whoever should lose his soul for my sake, the same shall save it. read more.
For what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost himself, or having been damaged? For whoever should be ashamed of me and my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he should come in the glory of himself, and of the Father, and of the holy messengers. And I say to you truly, certain are standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they should see the kingdom Of God.

Shame » Who jesus Christ will be ashamed of

Mark 8:31-38

And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be disapproved of by the elders, and the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise up. And he spake the word with frankness. And Peter having taken him, began to rebuke him. And he having turned back, and having seen his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, Retire behind me, Satan: for thou hast not in mind the things of God, but the things of men. read more.
And having called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wills to come after me, let him absolutely deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wills to save his life shall lose it; and whoever should lose his life for my sake and the good news, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and injure his soul Or what shall a man give for the exchange of his soul? For whoever should be ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; also the Son of man shall be ashamed of him, when he should come in the glory of the Father with the holy messengers.

Luke 9:22-27

Saying, That the Son of man must suffer many things, and be disapproved of by the more ancient and the chief priests and the scribes, and be slain, and be raised up the third day. And he said to all, If any one wish to come after me, let him deny himself, and lift up his cross daily and let him follow me. For whoever would wish to save his soul shall lose it: and whoever should lose his soul for my sake, the same shall save it. read more.
For what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost himself, or having been damaged? For whoever should be ashamed of me and my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he should come in the glory of himself, and of the Father, and of the holy messengers. And I say to you truly, certain are standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they should see the kingdom Of God.

Shame » Those that cause shame

Proverbs 17:2

An understanding servant shall rule a son causing shame, and shall divide the inheritance in the midst of the brethren.

Proverbs 14:35

The acceptance of the king to a servant of understanding: and his wrath shall be to him causing shame.

Shame » Whose glory is in their shame

Philippians 3:18-19

(For many walk, of whom I said to you often, and now also say weeping, the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end destruction, whose God the belly, and their glory in shame, having in mind earthly things.)

Shame » Jesus ashamed of those who deny him

Luke 9:26

For whoever should be ashamed of me and my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he should come in the glory of himself, and of the Father, and of the holy messengers.

Shame » Who covers shame

Shame » What is shame

Shame » Who knows no shame

Zephaniah 3:5

Jehovah is just in her midst; he will not do iniquity: in morning by morning he will give his judgment to the light, he as not wanting; and the evil will not know shame.

Shame » What brings shame

Shame » Destitute of, the israelites when they worshiped the golden calf

Exodus 32:25

And Moses will see the people that it was uncovered (for Aaron uncovered it for overthrow among their enemies).

Shame » Of the cross

Shame » Of adam and eve

Shame » The unjust

Zephaniah 3:5

Jehovah is just in her midst; he will not do iniquity: in morning by morning he will give his judgment to the light, he as not wanting; and the evil will not know shame.

Sin » Leads to » Shame

Romans 6:21

Therefore what fruit had ye then of what ye are now ashamed? for the end of these, death.

Sins » Penalty » Shame

Exodus 32:25

And Moses will see the people that it was uncovered (for Aaron uncovered it for overthrow among their enemies).

Psalm 44:15

All the day my shame before me, and the confusion of my face covered me,

Ezra 9:6

And saying, My God, I was ashamed and disgraced to lift up my face, O my God, to thee: for our iniquities were multiplied over the head, and our guilt was magnified even to the heavens.

Topics on Shame

Eliminating Shame

1 Samuel 17:26

And David will say to the men standing with him, saying, What shall be done to the man who shall strike this one of the rovers, and take away the reproach from Israel? for who this uncircumcised of the rovers? for he upbraided the ranks of the living God.

Enjoying Shame

Hosea 4:18

Their drinking bout departed: committing fornication, they committed fornication: they loved, give ye shame upon her shields.

Not Put To Shame

Isaiah 54:4

Thou shalt not fear; for thou shalt not be ashamed: and thou shalt not be disgraced, and thou shalt not be put to shame, for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and thou shalt no more remember the reproach of thy widowhood.

Shame Has Come

Psalm 44:15

All the day my shame before me, and the confusion of my face covered me,

Shame Of Bad Conduct

Ezekiel 16:27

And behold, I stretched forth my hand upon thee, and I will take away thy law, and I will give thee to the soul of those hating thee, the daughters of the rovers, being ashamed of thy way of wickedness.

Shame Of Idolatry

Psalm 97:7

All serving a carved thing shall be ashamed, they boasting themselves in nothings; worship to him, all ye Gods.

Shame Will Come

2 Samuel 13:13

And I, whither shall I cause my reproach to go? and thou wilt be as one of the foolish in Israel. And now, speak now, to the king, and he will not withhold me from thee.

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