Bible verses about shame

Berean Standard Bible

Ezekiel 16:53–54

⁵³ But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.

⁵⁴ So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.

Selected verse: Ezekiel 16:54. Surrounding verses provide context.

Berean Standard Bible

Ezra 9:5–6

⁵ At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,

⁶ and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

Selected verse: Ezra 9:6. Surrounding verses provide context.

Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 1:27–29

²⁷ Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.

²⁸ But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

²⁹ Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.

Selected verse: Isaiah 1:29. Surrounding verses provide context.

Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 49:23

²³ Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 54:4

⁴ Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.

Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 61:7

⁷ 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.