'Shame' in the Bible

Let me not be ashamed, LORD, for I have called upon you. Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in the next life.

They looked to Him and were radiant;Their faces will never blush in shame or confusion.

The Lord will be the saviour of the souls of his servants, and no one who has faith in him will be put to shame.

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.

Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me.

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.

They will not experience shame in times of trouble; in times of famine they will have plenty.

For I am overcome with shame and my whole body is sick.

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.

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

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

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

Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

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

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.

He will send from heaven and save me;He calls to account him who tramples me down. Selah.God will send out His lovingkindness and His truth.

Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

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

My bitter weeping, and my going without food, were turned to my shame.

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

Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

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

In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame.

Let them be put to shame and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.

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.

Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;let the poor and needy praise Your name.

He beat back His foes;He gave them lasting shame.

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

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

Show me a sign of Your goodness;my enemies will see and be put to shamebecause You, Lord, have helped and comforted me.

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

Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;

All who serve carved images,those who boast in idols, will be put to shame.All the gods must worship Him.

Though they curse, You will bless.When they rise up, they will be put to shame,but Your servant will rejoice.

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

Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.

Spare me shame and humiliation, for I observe your rules.

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

Turn away the shame that I dread, because your ordinances are good.

So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.

I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.

Let the arrogant be put to shamefor slandering me with lies;I will meditate on Your precepts.

May my heart be blameless regarding Your statutesso that I will not be put to shame.

Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.

Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.Such men will never be put to shamewhen they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

May all who hate ZionBe put to shame and turned backward;

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

The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.

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

He will receive a beating and dishonor, and his shame won't disappear,

So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:

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

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

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

A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.

A capable wife is her husband’s crown,but a wife who causes shameis like rottenness in his bones.

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

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

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

In the mouth of the [arrogant] fool [who rejects God] is a rod for his back,But the lips of the wise [when they speak with godly wisdom] will protect them.

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.

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

A wise son makes a father glad,But a foolish man despises his mother.

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

Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

When a wicked man comes, contempt also does,and along with dishonor, disgrace.

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

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

Cast out a scorner -- and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.

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.

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

For you'll be piling burning coals of shame on his head and the LORD will reward you.

My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

Whoever keeps the Law is a discerning son, but whoever keeps company with gluttons brings shame to his father.

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

For you will be ashamed [of the degradation] of the oaks in which you took [idolatrous] pleasure,And you will be ashamed of the gardens [of passion] which you have chosen [for pagan worship].

The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

"And it will come about that instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well-set hair, baldness; instead of a fine robe, sackcloth; and instead of beauty, shame.

Seven women will grab hold of one man at that time. They will say, "We will provide our own food, we will provide our own clothes; but let us belong to you -- take away our shame!"

And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:

In that day [when foreign armies swarm the land] the Lord will shave with a razor, hired from the regions beyond the Euphrates (that is, with the king of Assyria), [that razor will shave] the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard [leaving Judah stripped, shamed and scorned].

But now the Lord has said, In three years, the years of a servant working for payment, the glory of Moab, all that great people, will be turned to shame, and the rest of Moab will be very small and without honour.

And all the workers in linen thread, and those who make cotton cloth, will be put to shame.

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.

Then they will be dismayed and put to shame because of Cush, their hope, and Egypt, their jewel.

‘Listen carefully, the Lord is about to hurl you away violently, O man;And He is about to grasp you firmly

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.

It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.

The moon will be put to shameand the sun disgraced,because the Lord of Hosts will reign as kingon Mount Zion in Jerusalem,and He will display His gloryin the presence of His elders.

He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.

Lord, Your hand is lifted up to take action,but they do not see it.They will see Your zeal for Your people,and they will be put to shame.The fire for Your adversaries will consume them!

For this reason the Lord, the saviour of Abraham, says about the family of Jacob, Jacob will not now be put to shame, or his face be clouded with fear.

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

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.

The earth is sorrowing and wasting away; Lebanon is put to shame and has become waste; Sharon is like the Arabah; and in Bashan and Carmel the leaves are falling.

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame: for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.

Their inhabitants are devoid of power, and are terrified and put to shame. They've become like plants in the field, like green shoots, like grass on rooftops, scorched by the east wind.