'Shame' in the Bible

But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut up for seven days outside the camp, and afterward she may be received again.”

Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you are choosing the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, “Today you have covered with shame the faces of all your servants, who today have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines,

‘Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength,They were dismayed and put to shame;They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb,As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.

And the Lord sent an angel who destroyed every mighty warrior, commander and officer in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned in shame to his own land. And when he had entered the temple of his god, some of his own children killed him there with the sword.

Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt, and on account of our iniquities we, our kings and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity and to plunder and to open shame, as it is this day.

“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,And the tent of the wicked will be no longer.”

You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,But the Lord is his refuge.

Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call upon You;Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

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.

Let those be appalled because of their shameWho say to me, “Aha, aha!”

But You have saved us from our adversaries,And You have put to shame those who hate us.

There they were in great fear where no fear had been;For God scattered the bones of him who encamped against you;You put them to shame, because God had rejected them.

You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor;All my adversaries are before You.

Let those be turned back because of their shameWho say, “Aha, aha!”

You have shortened the days of his youth;You have covered him with shame. Selah.

Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor,And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

I cling to Your testimonies;O Lord, do not put me to shame!

May all who hate ZionBe put to shame and turned backward;

“His enemies I will clothe with shame,But upon himself his crown shall shine.”

Poverty and shame will come to him who neglects discipline,But he who regards reproof will be honored.

He who gives an answer before he hears,It is folly and shame to him.

Do not go out hastily to argue your case;Otherwise, what will you do in the end,When your neighbor humiliates you?

The rod and reproof give wisdom,But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.

so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

And roll you tightly like a ball,To be cast into a vast country;There you will dieAnd there your splendid chariots will be,You shame of your master’s house.’

O Lord, Your hand is lifted up yet they do not see it.They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;Indeed, fire will devour Your enemies.

“Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be your shameAnd the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.

“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.”

“Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength,They were dismayed and put to shame;They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb,As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.

They will be turned back and be utterly put to shame,Who trust in idols,Who say to molten images,“You are our gods.”

Those who fashion a graven image are all of them futile, and their precious things are of no profit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.

Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are mere men. Let them all assemble themselves, let them stand up, let them tremble, let them together be put to shame.

They will be put to shame and even humiliated, all of them;The manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation.

Israel has been saved by the LordWith an everlasting salvation;You will not be put to shame or humiliatedTo all eternity.

“They will say of Me, ‘Only in the Lord are righteousness and strength.’Men will come to Him,And all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.

“Your nakedness will be uncovered,Your shame also will be exposed;I will take vengeance and will not spare a man.”

“Kings will be your guardians,And their princesses your nurses.They will bow down to you with their faces to the earthAnd lick the dust of your feet;And you will know that I am the Lord;Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to shame.

“Fear not, for you will not be put to shame;And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;But you will forget the shame of your youth,And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

Instead of your shame you will have a double portion,And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion.Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land,Everlasting joy will be theirs.

Therefore, thus says the Lord God,“Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry.Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty.Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at His word:“Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you for My name’s sake,Have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy.’But they will be put to shame.

“Why do you go around so muchChanging your way?Also, you will be put to shame by EgyptAs you were put to shame by Assyria.

Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation 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.”

Do they spite Me?” declares the Lord. “Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?”

“The wise men are put to shame,They are dismayed and caught;Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,And what kind of wisdom do they have?

“For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion,‘How are we ruined!We are put to great shame,For we have left the land,Because they have cast down our dwellings.’”

Every man is stupid, devoid of knowledge;Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols;For his molten images are deceitful,And there is no breath in them.

“So I Myself have also stripped your skirts off over your face,That your shame may be seen.

“Their nobles have sent their servants for water;They have come to the cisterns and found no water.They have returned with their vessels empty;They have been put to shame and humiliated,And they cover their heads.

“Because the ground is cracked,For there has been no rain on the land;The farmers have been put to shame,They have covered their heads.

O Lord, the hope of Israel,All who forsake You will be put to shame.Those who turn away on earth will be written down,Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.

Let those who persecute me be put to shame, but as for me, let me not be put to shame;Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed.Bring on them a day of disaster,And crush them with twofold destruction!

Why did I ever come forth from the wombTo look on trouble and sorrow,So that my days have been spent in shame?

The nations have heard of your shame,And the earth is full of your cry of distress;For one warrior has stumbled over another,And both of them have fallen down together.

“The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame,Given over to the power of the people of the north.”

Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,“Woe to Nebo, for it has been destroyed;Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured;The lofty stronghold has been put to shame and shattered.

“Moab has been put to shame, for it has been shattered.Wail and cry out;Declare by the ArnonThat Moab has been destroyed.

Concerning Damascus.“Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,For they have heard bad news;They are disheartened.There is anxiety by the sea,It cannot be calmed.

“Declare and proclaim among the nations.Proclaim it and lift up a standard.Do not conceal it but say,‘Babylon has been captured,Bel has been put to shame, Marduk has been shattered;Her images have been put to shame, her idols have been shattered.’

All mankind is stupid, devoid of knowledge;Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,For his molten images are deceitful,And there is no breath in them.

Therefore behold, days are comingWhen I will punish the idols of Babylon;And her whole land will be put to shameAnd all her slain will fall in her midst.

They will gird themselves with sackcloth and shuddering will overwhelm them; and shame will be on all faces and baldness on all their heads.

“There also are the chiefs of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who in spite of the terror resulting from their might, in shame went down with the slain. So they lay down uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.

And they shall not come near to Me to serve as a priest to Me, nor come near to any of My holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed.

“Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.

Open shame belongs to us, O Lord, to our kings, our princes and our fathers, because we have sinned against You.

The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me;I will change their glory into shame.

Their liquor gone,They play the harlot continually;Their rulers dearly love shame.

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness;I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame,And they became as detestable as that which they loved.

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.

“You will have plenty to eat and be satisfiedAnd praise the name of the Lord your God,Who has dealt wondrously with you;Then My people will never be put to shame.

“Thus you will know that I am in the midst of Israel,And that I am the Lord your God,And there is no other;And My people will never be put to shame.

“Because of violence to your brother Jacob,You will be covered with shame,And you will be cut off forever.

Then my enemy will see,And shame will cover her who said to me,“Where is the Lord your God?”My eyes will look on her;At that time she will be trampled downLike mire of the streets.

Gather yourselves together, yes, gather,O nation without shame,

The Lord is righteous within her;He will do no injustice.Every morning He brings His justice to light;He does not fail.But the unjust knows no shame.

“In that day you will feel no shameBecause of all your deedsBy which you have rebelled against Me;For then I will remove from your midstYour proud, exulting ones,And you will never again be haughtyOn My holy mountain.

“Behold, I am going to deal at that timeWith all your oppressors,I will save the lameAnd gather the outcast,And I will turn their shame into praise and renownIn all the earth.

“They will be as mighty men,Treading down the enemy in the mire of the streets in battle;And they will fight, for the Lord will be with them;And the riders on horses will be put to shame.