Disgrace

“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.

But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”

David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

…to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

…and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”

If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,

All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.

Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.

All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,

You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.

May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.

May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.

May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.

When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.

He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.

He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”

…roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.

The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.

He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.

But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

…everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They bring neither help nor benefit, but only shame and disgrace.”

…to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”

They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.

Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”

For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.

But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.

I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.

After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’

For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”

“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”

Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!

I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.

So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.

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

…so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”

By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.

Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.

Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.

All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.

They will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them.

For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’

The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.

When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”

You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.

Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.

“The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,

Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.

He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.