'Ashamed' in the Bible
And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
But when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send.” They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched three days but did not find him.
He fixed his gaze steadily on him until he was ashamed, and the man of God wept.
Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth of the second month. And the priests and Levites were ashamed of themselves, and consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the Lord.
For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, “The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him.”
and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities have risen above our heads and our guilt has grown even to the heavens.
“These ten times you have insulted me;You are not ashamed to wrong me.
All my enemies will be ashamed and greatly dismayed;They shall turn back, they will suddenly be ashamed.
O my God, in You I trust,Do not let me be ashamed;Do not let my enemies exult over me.
Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed;Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.
Guard my soul and deliver me;Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge;Let me never be ashamed;In Your righteousness deliver me.
They looked to Him and were radiant,And their faces will never be ashamed.
Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life;Let those be turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.
Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who rejoice at my distress;Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me.
They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,And in the days of famine they will have abundance.
Let those be ashamed and humiliated togetherWho seek my life to destroy it;Let those be turned back and dishonoredWho delight in my hurt.
May those who wait for 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,
Let those be ashamed and humiliatedWho seek my life;Let those be turned back and dishonoredWho delight in my hurt.
Let those who are adversaries of my soul be ashamed and consumed;Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me.
My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my hurt.
Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever,And let them be humiliated and perish,
Show me a sign for good,That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,Because You, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me.
Let all those be ashamed who serve graven images,Who boast themselves of idols;Worship Him, all you gods.
Let them curse, but You bless;When they arise, they shall be ashamed,But Your servant shall be glad.
Then I shall not be ashamedWhen I look upon all Your commandments.
I will also speak of Your testimonies before kingsAnd shall not be ashamed.
May the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me with a lie;But I shall meditate on Your precepts.
May my heart be blameless in Your statutes,So that I will not be ashamed.
Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live;And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;They will not be ashamedWhen they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Surely you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired,And you will be embarrassed at the gardens which you have chosen.
Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.
Be ashamed, O Sidon;For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying,“I have neither travailed nor given birth,I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins.”
Then the moon will be abashed and the sun ashamed,For the Lord of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,And His glory will be before His elders.
Therefore thus says the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:“Jacob shall not now be ashamed, nor shall his face now turn pale;
“Everyone will be ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them,Who are not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach.”
For the Lord God helps Me,Therefore, I am not disgraced;Therefore, I have set My face like flint,And I know that I will not be ashamed.
“Therefore the showers have been withheld,And there has been no spring rain.Yet you had a harlot’s forehead;You refused to be ashamed.
“Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done?They were not even ashamed at all;They did not even know how to blush.Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;At the time that I punish them,They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.
“Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done?They certainly were not ashamed,And they did not know how to blush;Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;At the time of their punishment they shall be brought down,”Says the Lord.
“They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns,They have strained themselves to no profit.But be ashamed of your harvestBecause of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
But the Lord is with me like a dread champion;Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.They will be utterly ashamed, because they have failed,With an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.
“The wind will sweep away all your shepherds,And your lovers will go into captivity;Then you will surely be ashamed and humiliatedBecause of all your wickedness.
‘For after I turned back, I repented;And after I was instructed, I smote on my thigh;I was ashamed and also humiliatedBecause I bore the reproach of my youth.’
And Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
“How shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around him.”
Your mother will be greatly ashamed,She who gave you birth will be humiliated.Behold, she will be the least of the nations,A wilderness, a parched land and a desert.
We are ashamed because we have heard reproach;Disgrace has covered our faces,For aliens have enteredThe holy places of the Lord’s house.
Behold now, I have stretched out My hand against you and diminished your rations. And I delivered you up to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd conduct.
Also bear your disgrace in that you have made judgment favorable for your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear righteous.
in order that you may bear your humiliation and feel ashamed for all that you have done when you become a consolation to them.
Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both your older and your younger; and I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.
so that you may remember and be ashamed and never open your mouth anymore because of your humiliation, when I have forgiven you for all that you have done,” the Lord God declares.
I am not doing this for your sake,” declares the Lord God, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel!”
“As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the plan.
If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the house, its structure, its exits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes, and all its laws. And write it in their sight, so that they may observe its whole design and all its statutes and do them.
The wind wraps them in its wings,And they will be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
The thing itself will be carried to AssyriaAs tribute to King Jareb;Ephraim will be seized with shameAnd Israel will be ashamed of its own counsel.
Be ashamed, O farmers,Wail, O vinedressers,For the wheat and the barley;Because the harvest of the field is destroyed.
The seers will be ashamedAnd the diviners will be embarrassed.Indeed, they will all cover their mouthsBecause there is no answer from God.
Nations will see and be ashamedOf all their might.They will put their hand on their mouth,Their ears will be deaf.
Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a hairy robe in order to deceive;