13 Bible Verses about Shaming People

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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

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."

You would shame the plans of the poor, but the LORD is his refuge.

In you men uncover their fathers' nakedness; in you they violate women who are unclean in their menstrual impurity.

They shall be like mighty men in battle, trampling the foe in the mud of the streets; they shall fight because the LORD is with them, and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.

What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.

Her nobles send their servants for water; they come to the cisterns; they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed and confounded and cover their heads.

Because of the ground that is dismayed, since there is no rain on the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

The wise men shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?

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;