155 occurrences in 12 translations

'Ashamed' in the Bible

Then Judah said, “Let her keep the things (pledge articles) for herself, otherwise we will be a laughingstock [searching everywhere for her]. After all, I sent this young goat, but you did not find her.”

Verse ConceptsNowhere To Be Found

And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.

Verse ConceptsSpittingSalivaShaming People

And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

Verse ConceptsKeys

When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

Verse ConceptsFacial HairHair GrowingWaiting Till Marriage

And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

Verse ConceptsHiding From People

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

Verse ConceptsembarrassmentFiftiesThree DaysNot Finding

And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

Verse ConceptsembarrassmentWeeping

Their inhabitants have become powerless,dismayed, and ashamed.They are plants of the field,tender grass,grass on the rooftops,blasted by the east wind.

Verse ConceptsColors, GreenPlantsTendernessWicked Described AsScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

Verse ConceptsCutting HairTrimming Facial HairHair Growing

Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambMonth 2

The priests and descendants of Levi felt ashamed of themselves, so they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the LORD's Temple. Then they took their customary places, as the Law of Moses the man of God prescribes, and the priests sprinkled the blood that they were given by the descendants of Levi.

Verse ConceptsSprinkling

So the LORD sent an angel, who eliminated all of the elite forces, commanders, and officers within the encampment of the king of Assyria. As a result, he retreated to his own country, deeply ashamed and humiliated. When he visited the temple of his god, some of his sons killed him right there with swords.

Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfAbaseAbasement, Examples OfGod Killed The PeoplesAngels Activities Among UnbelieversMiracles Involving Military Victory

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

Verse ConceptsForsaking GodGrace, In OtRejection Of God, Results OfRoadsGod's HandConsequences Of Forsaking GodGod's Hands On PeopleShame Has Come

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesConfession, Examples OfGuilt, Human Aspects OfShameSin, Effects OfBlushingFound GuiltyShame Has Come

"My God, I am too ashamed and hurt to turn to you, because we're in our iniquities over our heads. Furthermore, my God, our sins have grown as high as the heavens. We have lived in great sin from the days of our ancestors even until today, and because of those iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered over to foreign kings, for execution, for captivity, for plunder, and for humiliation, as is the case today.

Verse ConceptsIniquity, Punishment ForHumiliation

They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

Verse ConceptsOptimismDisappointment

“If he is snatched from his place [in the garden],Then his place will forget him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’

Verse ConceptsNot Knowing People

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples of

These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

Verse ConceptsTen TimesWronging Other People

Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceOvercoming EnemiesShame Will ComeBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed.

Verse ConceptsdefeatNot DisappointedBelief In GodDisappointment

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Verse ConceptsHope, In GodNot AshamedTreacheryWaiting On The Lord

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

Verse ConceptsNot AshamedMusicDisappointment

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadGrave, TheSheolCurbing SpeechI PraySinners Grasped By DeathDisappointment

Let those who seek to kill mebe disgraced and humiliated;let those who plan to harm mebe turned back and ashamed.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviordisgracePrayer, As Asking GodTrapPlottingAttempting To Kill MeHurtDisappointmenthurting

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.

Verse ConceptsConfusionHumiliationClothed With Bad ThingsRejoicing In EvilHurt

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.

Verse ConceptsConfusiondisgraceAttempting To Kill MeHurtDisappointmenthurting

However, you cast us off and made us ashamed! You did not even march with our armies!

Verse ConceptsHumilityFeelings Of Rejection By GodRejectionarmy

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Verse ConceptsNot Put To ShameLosing Honour

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

Verse ConceptsConfusionConfusion, Nature OfdisgraceSuffering, Of The InnocentAttempting To Kill MeHurthurting

In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age.

Let my adversaries be ashamed and consumed; let those who seek my destruction be covered with scorn and disgrace.

Verse ConceptsBlamedisgraceHurt

My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed -- because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!

Verse ConceptsConfusionTongueHurt

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Verse ConceptsPraiseInferiorityPraise The Lord!Losing Honour

They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.

Verse ConceptsDisappointment

Ashamed are all servants of a graven image, Those boasting themselves in idols, Bow yourselves to him, all ye gods.

Verse ConceptsFate Of IdolatersShame Of IdolatryWorship God!

Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

Verse ConceptsGod Will BlessRejoicing Over JusticeShame Will ComeBlessing Otherscurses

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

Verse ConceptsNot AshamedDisappointment

I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed.

Verse ConceptsTestimoniesJoined To Good

I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

Verse ConceptsSpeaking As From GodDisappointmenttestimony

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

Verse ConceptsMeditationPride, Results OfShameThe ProudMeditation On God's Word

Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

Verse ConceptsDisappointment

Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Verse ConceptsDoubt, Dealing WithHope, of The SaintsHope, In GodDisappointment

Otherwise, anyone who hears will make you ashamed, and your bad reputation will never leave you.

Verse ConceptsBad NewsHurt And Betrayal

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturaldisgraceShrinesAnimismOaksShame Of Idolatry

So it will come to pass when Moab presents himself,When he wearies himself [worshiping] on his high place [of idolatry]And comes to his sanctuary [of Chemosh, god of Moab] to pray,That he will not prevail.

Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse ReligionHigh Places

And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Verse ConceptsAfricaexpectations

Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.

Verse ConceptsConfidence In God, Produces BoldnessBirth Not Being Possible

LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfJealousyHand Of GodShameStoringZealGod's HandBurning PeopleNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsShame Will Come

Therefore the Lord God says this,“Listen carefully, I am laying in Zion a Stone, a tested Stone,A precious Cornerstone for the [secure] foundation, firmly placed.He who believes [who trusts in, relies on, and adheres to that Stone] will not be disturbed or give way [in sudden panic].

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillFoundationsCornerstonesFaith, Necessity OfGod, The RockMasonsNot AshamedTrust, Importance OfZion, As A SymbolChrist, Names ForCornerstoneSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneMessianic PropheciesChrist The RockThe Effects Of FaithCauses of failure in

Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.

Verse ConceptsGod, As Redeemerredeemed

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 mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

Verse ConceptsdrynessThe Prophecy Towards LebanonMourning Due To Catastrophe

Their inhabitants have become powerless,dismayed, and ashamed.They are plants of the field,tender grass,grass on the rooftops,blasted by the east wind.

Verse ConceptsGrassPlantsTendernessMan As GrassScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

Verse ConceptsShame Will ComeUnnamed People Angry With Others

They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfTrust, Lack OfTrusting IdolsFate Of IdolatersShame Of IdolatryFutile Faith

They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfFalse ReligionRefugeIdols Not ExistingVanityUnprofitable SinsUseless PeopleShame Of IdolatryimageHinduism

Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

Verse ConceptsShameCoal, Uses OfShame Of Idolatrycraftsmanship

They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceBeing AshamedShameFate Of IdolatersShame Of IdolatryDisappointmentSolar Eclipse

But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

Verse ConceptsGod, The EternalSalvation, Described AsEternal DeliveranceGod Saves The NeedyNot Put To ShameBeing Savedeternityisrael

Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

Verse ConceptsShameNo Other Acts Like GodGod Our StrengthShame Will ComeAngry With God

“Remember this, and take courage;Take it to heart, you rebellious and disloyal people.

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

Verse ConceptsFeetAssurance, basis ofBowingDust, Figurative UseHope, Results OfProstrationStomachsKings, How They Should ActNot Put To ShameHope For The RighteousMothersDisappointmentMotherhoodTaking Care Of The Earth

For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

Verse ConceptsFlintNot AshamedProtection, From GodSteadfastness, Examples OfDeterminationWhole HeartednessGod HelpsDisappointmentStaying Strong During Hard Times

Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

Verse ConceptsYouthCoping With DeathLimitations Of YouthForgetting ThingsEliminating ShameNot Put To ShameDisappointmentBeing ScaredRemoving People From Your Lifelonliness

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

Verse ConceptsThirstBeing UnsatisfiedFamine Coming From GodYou Will Rejoice In Salvationhunger

Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

Verse ConceptsHatredHated SaintsAwePeople OstracisedTremblingFearing God's WordPeople Being HatedShame Will ComeHatehaters

As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,

Verse ConceptsBeing AshamedStealingthieves

Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

Verse ConceptsBeing AshamedInstabilityFicklenessDisappointmentChanging Yourself

Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

Verse ConceptsSpringBeing AshamedWeather, As God's JudgmentHarlotsShowersLack Of RainNatural Disasterswhores

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsRegretCorrupted ConsciencesThe Insecurity Of The WickedBlushingPeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown ThingsAbsence Of RegretFeeling Lost

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsBlushingDecadencePeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown Things

For a sound of lamentation is heard from Zion:How devastated we are.We are greatly ashamed,for we have abandoned the land;our dwellings have been torn down.

{Everyone} is stupid, {without knowledge}, every goldsmith is ashamed by [his] divine image, for his cast image [is] an illusion, and [there is] no breath in them.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfIdolatry, Objections ToHaving No BreathFoolishness Of MenShame Of IdolatryDisappointmentHinduism

They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsHarvestProfitsSin, Effects OfSowing And ReapingThornsWheatUnprofitable SinsNot Reaping What You SowToiling In Vain

And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

Verse ConceptsCisternsNoblesDry PlacesSeeking WaterShaming People

Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

Verse ConceptsVeilsShaming People

She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationThe SunSeven ChildrenLife Cut ShortGod Will Cause Defeat

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodHope, As ConfidenceShameSpring Of WaterWellsMetaphorical SpringsJudgements WrittenConsequences Of Forsaking GodLiving WaterWells, Figurative Useisraeldust

Let my pursuers be ashamed, and let not me be ashamed -- me! Let them be affrighted, and let not me be affrighted -- me! Bring in on them a day of evil, And a second time with destruction destroy them.

Verse ConceptsDouble Penalty

But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

Verse ConceptsStumblingSuffering, Encouragements InWarriorsNot ForgettingGod With Specific PeopleGod As A WarriorShame Will ComeCauses of failure inMighty in its influenceDisappointmentMotivationadvertisingprospering

The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceWindShame Of Bad Conduct

Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationSelf RespectExamining YourselfThighsBeating OneselfRepentanceShame Has Come

Ashamed hath been the daughter of Egypt, She hath been given into the hand of the people of the north.

Concerning Moab, thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: "Woe to Nebo, for it is devastated. It is ashamed, Kiriathaim is captured. Misgab is ashamed, and it is filled with terror.

Verse ConceptsFortressesRuinsWoe To The WickedCapturing Cities

And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

Verse ConceptsShame Of Idolatry

Moab is ashamed, for it is filled with terror. Wail and cry out, tell [it] by Arnon that Moab is devastated.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsArnonRiver Arnon

“How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him.”

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackMade A HorrorShame Has Come

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Ashamed (155 instances)

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