Bible Verses About Overcoming Shame

Bible verses about Overcoming Shame

200 verses
Topic

Discover what the Bible says about overcoming shame.

Each verse has been chosen for its relevance and insight into this important biblical topic.

Scripture Passages

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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.

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There they were in great fear, [where] no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth [against] thee: thou hast put [them] to shame, because God hath despised them.

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My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought to shame, that seek my hurt.

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Let my adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

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He that reproveth a scorner, getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.

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He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.

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Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

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A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

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He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

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Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

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And he that invited thee and him, shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

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Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say to me, Aha, aha.

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But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

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But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

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My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

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Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

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Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: my adversaries [are] all before thee.

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Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

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Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

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Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yes, let them be put to shame, and perish:

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The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

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I have adhered to thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.

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His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

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The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

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[When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.

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A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.

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A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is lothsome, and cometh to shame.

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The king's favor [is] towards a wise servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.

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He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it [is] folly and shame to him.

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Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thy infamy turn not away.

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The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.

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And when Moses saw that the people [were] naked (for Aaron had made them naked to [their] shame, among their enemies:)

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So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

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And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou wilt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

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They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to naught.

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So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Cushites captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with [their] hind-parts uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

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With violence he will surely turn and toss thee [like] a ball into a wide country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory [shall be] the shame of thy lord's house.

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Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shade of Egypt [your] confusion.

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They were all ashamed of a people [that] could not profit them, nor be a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

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Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet [thee as] a man.

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