Bible Verses About Shame

“Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.”

“Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.”

“I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.”

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

“It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

“O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.”

“But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.”

“Of David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul; in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me. Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced. Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You. Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD. Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way. He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way. All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees. For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great. Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him. His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land. The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them. My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh. Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted. The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress. Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins. Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred. Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You. May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You. Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress.”

“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

“Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.”

“When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.”

“If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.”

“And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.”

“The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever. In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.”

“The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.”

“And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.”

“Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.”

“May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.”

“He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.”

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.”

“As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.”

“The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.”

“Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.”

“Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.”

“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

“He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.”

“Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.”

“For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.”

“But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast in His presence. It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.”

“I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.”

“He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.”

“For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

“For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh. The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”

“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.”

“But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.”

“Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

“He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.”

“I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.”

“Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.”

“Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”

“When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.”

“And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.”

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

“Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.”

“Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.”

“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown, and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.”

“A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.”

“The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.”

“Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.”

“They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.”