Bible Verses About Shame
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for shame, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,881 votes, led by Isaiah 61:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Shame
Isaiah 61:7354 votes
For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
Isaiah 50:7345 votes
For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
1 John 1:9316 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Psalms 34:4-5307 votes
I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Hebrews 12:2287 votes
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Romans 10:11265 votes
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Psalms 31:17161 votes
Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
Mark 8:38159 votes
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Romans 8:1158 votes
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Isaiah 54:4147 votes
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 shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
1 Corinthians 10:13127 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Psalms 3:3124 votes
But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Psalms 25:1-22112 votes
Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Genesis 3:10109 votes
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Zephaniah 3:19100 votes
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
Proverbs 11:288 votes
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Genesis 2:2584 votes
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Luke 9:2683 votes
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.
Romans 1:1682 votes
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
1 Peter 5:876 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1 John 2:2871 votes
And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
Psalms 37:18-1968 votes
The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
Nahum 1:768 votes
The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Daniel 12:257 votes
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.
2 Corinthians 7:1053 votes
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
What does the Bible say about shame?
Readers most often cite Isaiah 61:7 on the subject of shame. Across 5,881 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Isaiah 50:7, 1 John 1:9, Psalms 34:4-5. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.