Quotes about Shame
And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
- Genesis 3:7
“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
- Genesis 3:10
But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
- Genesis 9:21
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
- Genesis 9:22
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
- Genesis 30:23
You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.
- Leviticus 18:10
You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.
- Leviticus 18:16
and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
- Deuteronomy 22:14
You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
- Deuteronomy 28:37
Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?
- 1 Samuel 20:30
“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
- 2 Samuel 13:12
Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
- 2 Samuel 13:13