Topic
Shame
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Instead of your shame ye shall have double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be unto them.
For the Lord Jehovah will help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. — read the full passage →
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
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 the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more.
Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; for I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory, and the lifter up of my head.
There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul. — read the full passage →
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Behold, at that time I will deal with all them that afflict thee; and I will save that which is lame, and gather that which was driven away; and I will make them a praise and a name, whose shame hath been in all the earth.
When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in his own glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
And now, my little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him.
Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; And their inheritance shall be for ever. — read the full passage →
For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.
He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them; — read the full passage →
What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)
I say this to move you to shame. What, cannot there be found among you one wise man who shall be able to decide between his brethren,
how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am Jehovah your God, and there is none else; and my people shall never be put to shame.
He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.
but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; — read the full passage →
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.
even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;
For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; Buthe that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh — read the full passage →
but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.
He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,
Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
For he shall be delivered up unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon:
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 the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more. — read the full passage →
but Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. — read the full passage →
Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame.
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.
Poverty and shameshall be tohim that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me. — read the full passage →
Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →
and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon him, and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;
And they spat upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head.
It also shall be carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.
And they smote his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
A fool’s vexation is presently known; But a prudent man concealeth shame.
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them; — read the full passage →
I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.
Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
and one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath overcome to open the book and the seven seals thereof.
And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.
The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face.
Brethren, my heart’s desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved. — read the full passage →
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day. — read the full passage →
and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is my remembrance of thee in my supplications, night and day
for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits: — read the full passage →
In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame: Deliver me in thy righteousness.
And Jehovah said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up without the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.
Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →
And I will sanctify my great name, which hath been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish. — read the full passage →
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