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100 Bible Verses about Shame

Isaiah 61:7 ESV / 360 helpful votes

Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; they shall have everlasting joy.

Isaiah 50:7 ESV / 348 helpful votes

But the Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 320 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Psalm 34:4-5 ESV / 312 helpful votes

I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 288 helpful votes

Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Romans 10:11 ESV / 265 helpful votes

For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

Mark 8:38 ESV / 160 helpful votes

For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

Psalm 31:17 ESV / 160 helpful votes

O Lord, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go silently to Sheol.

Romans 8:1 ESV / 159 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 54:4 ESV / 148 helpful votes

“Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 127 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Psalm 3:3 ESV / 124 helpful votes

But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

Psalm 25:1-22 ESV / 112 helpful votes

Of David. To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me. Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. ...

Genesis 3:10 ESV / 109 helpful votes

And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.”

Zephaniah 3:19 ESV / 100 helpful votes

Behold, at that time I will deal with all your oppressors. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth.

Proverbs 11:2 ESV / 88 helpful votes

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.

Genesis 2:25 ESV / 84 helpful votes

And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

Romans 1:16 ESV / 83 helpful votes

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Luke 9:26 ESV / 83 helpful votes

For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 77 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

1 John 2:28 ESV / 72 helpful votes

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.

Psalm 37:18-19 ESV / 69 helpful votes

The Lord knows the days of the blameless, and their heritage will remain forever; they are not put to shame in evil times; in the days of famine they have abundance.

Nahum 1:7 ESV / 68 helpful votes

The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.

Daniel 12:2 ESV / 58 helpful votes

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

2 Corinthians 7:10 ESV / 55 helpful votes

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.

Isaiah 1:18 ESV / 52 helpful votes

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Psalm 69:6 ESV / 50 helpful votes

Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, O Lord God of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

Zephaniah 3:5 ESV / 49 helpful votes

The Lord within her is righteous; he does no injustice; every morning he shows forth his justice; each dawn he does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame.

Micah 7:19 ESV / 47 helpful votes

He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

1 Corinthians 15:34 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

Psalm 103:12 ESV / 45 helpful votes

As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

Ephesians 5:11-12 ESV / 40 helpful votes

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.

Romans 6:21 ESV / 40 helpful votes

But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 39 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Revelation 16:15 ESV / 38 helpful votes

(“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)

Proverbs 19:26 ESV / 37 helpful votes

He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach.

Hebrews 9:14 ESV / 36 helpful votes

How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV / 35 helpful votes

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

1 Corinthians 6:5 ESV / 35 helpful votes

I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers,

1 Corinthians 1:27-30 ESV / 35 helpful votes

But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

Psalm 69:7 ESV / 35 helpful votes

For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face.

Joel 2:27 ESV / 34 helpful votes

You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God and there is none else. And my people shall never again be put to shame.

2 Peter 2:9 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

Isaiah 50:6 ESV / 32 helpful votes

I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ESV / 31 helpful votes

For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

Romans 9:33 ESV / 31 helpful votes

As it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

Isaiah 53:3 ESV / 30 helpful votes

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Proverbs 10:5 ESV / 30 helpful votes

He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.

Hebrews 8:12 ESV / 29 helpful votes

For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Job 8:22 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 27 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

1 Peter 4:16 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.

Isaiah 47:3 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your disgrace shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will spare no one.

Revelation 3:18 ESV / 25 helpful votes

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.

John 8:1-59 ESV / 25 helpful votes

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” ...

Hebrews 10:22 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Luke 18:32 ESV / 24 helpful votes

For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.

Matthew 1:19 ESV / 24 helpful votes

And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.

Isaiah 54:4-8 ESV / 24 helpful votes

“Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more. For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called. For the Lord has called you like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God. For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you. In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord, your Redeemer.

Psalm 25:2-3 ESV / 24 helpful votes

O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me. Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.

Romans 5:1-21 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. ...

Mark 10:34 ESV / 23 helpful votes

And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise.”

Hosea 4:18 ESV / 23 helpful votes

When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring; their rulers dearly love shame.

Jeremiah 3:25 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us. For we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”

Proverbs 13:18 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is honored.

Matthew 27:30 ESV / 22 helpful votes

And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 21 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Acts 3:19 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,

Luke 22:32 ESV / 21 helpful votes

But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”

Mark 15:19 ESV / 21 helpful votes

And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him.

Hosea 10:6 ESV / 21 helpful votes

The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim shall be put to shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.

Isaiah 53:4 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.

Proverbs 18:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 21 helpful votes

The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21 ESV / 21 helpful votes

“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Acts 5:41 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.

Genesis 3:7 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

2 Thessalonians 3:14 ESV / 19 helpful votes

If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 19 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

2 Corinthians 3:17 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 19 helpful votes

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

Revelation 5:5 ESV / 18 helpful votes

And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

1 Peter 3:18 ESV / 18 helpful votes

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

Job 30:10 ESV / 18 helpful votes

They abhor me; they keep aloof from me; they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.

Hebrews 9:22 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

Ephesians 5:12 ESV / 17 helpful votes

For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.

Psalm 103:2-4 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

Hebrews 6:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes

And then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

2 Timothy 1:3 ESV / 16 helpful votes

I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.

Romans 5:5 ESV / 16 helpful votes

And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Luke 13:10-17 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your disability.” And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God. But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” ...

Numbers 12:14 ESV / 16 helpful votes

But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.”

Titus 2:14 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

1 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

1 Timothy 2:9-10 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Romans 10:1-11:36 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. ...

Romans 1:1-16:27 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

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