5947 shame
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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An uncomfortable feeling of guilt and humiliation, usually arising from sin or failure.

Shame is to be avoided

Psalm 25:2 See also Psalm 25:20; Psalm 31:1,17; Psalm 44:15; Psalm 119:31,80

Causes of shame

Military defeat

2 Kings 19:26

Natural afflictions

Luke 1:25 See also Genesis 30:23; Isaiah 4:1; Isaiah 54:4 not only childlessness but widowhood

Humiliation by an enemy

Psalm 69:19 See also Psalm 69:6-7; 1 Samuel 11:2; 2 Samuel 10:4-5; Isaiah 3:17; Mark 12:4

Nakedness

Revelation 3:18 See also Genesis 2:25; Genesis 3:10; Genesis 9:22-23; Isaiah 47:3; Ezekiel 16:37; Revelation 16:15

The sin of relations or associates

Proverbs 14:34

Heathen gods as a source of shame

2 Samuel 2:10 “Bosheth” means “shame”. According to 1Ch 8:33 he was originally Ish-Baal, but the name “Baal”, subsequently associated with a heathen god, was changed by later writers to “Bosheth”. See also Jeremiah 3:24; Jeremiah 11:13; Hosea 9:10

Shame as a divine judgment

Jeremiah 23:40 See also Psalm 44:9; Jeremiah 46:24

Shame brought upon God's enemies

Psalm 6:10; Psalm 31:17; Psalm 35:26; Psalm 70:2; Psalm 71:13; Psalm 109:29; Psalm 129:5

Shame as guilt for sin

Ezra 9:6 See also Proverbs 6:32; Daniel 9:5-7; Romans 6:20-21

Shame may lead to repentance

1 Corinthians 6:5; 2 Corinthians 7:9-11; 2 Thessalonians 3:14

Some people are without shame

Jeremiah 3:3; Jeremiah 6:15; Zephaniah 3:5

Jesus Christ bore shame

Hebrews 12:2 See also Deuteronomy 21:23; Matthew 27:39-44; Hebrews 6:6

The temptation of being ashamed of Jesus Christ and the cross

Mark 8:38 pp Luke 9:26 See also Romans 1:16; Galatians 6:14

Those who trust in God will not be put to shame

Psalm 25:3 See also Psalm 119:5-6; Isaiah 28:16; Romans 9:33; Romans 10:11; 1 Peter 2:6; Peter 4:16

See also

5128  baldness
5169  nakedness
5801  brokenness
5836  disgrace
5843  embarrassment
5879  humiliation
6172  guilt
6227  regret
6732  repentance
8451  mortification
8754  fear



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