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Bible Verses About Shame

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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 1:27 KJV

What the Bible Says About Shame

Shame appears on the first pages of Scripture. Before the first sin, Adam and Eve feel no shame, and afterward they hide and sew leaves together. From there the Bible keeps two things in tension. It is honest about guilt, and it offers cleansing, forgiveness and restoration. David describes how silence about his sin made him weak, and how confession brought relief. Paul says there is now no condemnation for those in Christ. Peter and Paul both quote the promise that those who trust in him will not be put to shame. The message is not that wrongdoing is unimportant, but that it does not have the final word over a person's worth.

Where Shame Appears

The Psalms contain many prayers either asking not to be put to shame or confessing guilt, with Psalms 32 and 51 as the best-known examples. Isaiah and the other prophets promise cleansing and say shame will be replaced by honor. In the Gospels, Jesus meets people who carried public disgrace, such as the woman at Simon's dinner, the tax collector Zacchaeus, the woman who had bled for twelve years and the thief beside him on the cross. He responds with welcome rather than rejection. The letters explain the basis for forgiveness and use words such as cleansing, redemption and new creation.

Many of these passages come from people who had good reason to feel disgraced, including a king, a fisherman and a persecutor, and each is met with grace. Notice that the Bible separates guilt over something done from a false verdict about who you are. Some verses here address the first and some the second, and it helps to read each one in its setting.

Ways to Use These Verses

Read a verse slowly and use the note to see who was speaking and what they had done or suffered.
Take a verse about forgiveness into prayer, naming what you need to bring to God.
Compare David's prayer in Psalm 51 with the father's welcome in Luke 15.
Share a verse with someone who feels they cannot start again.

If shame or guilt feels heavy or will not lift, it is wise to talk with a trusted friend, pastor or counselor, since carrying it alone often makes it worse.

If you would like a wider mix of passages, try the Bible verse randomizer or the random encouraging Bible verse page, and browse the Bible books to read the full chapter around any verse that catches your attention.

Verses in This Collection

Genesis 1:27 – So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
The opening chapter says God created humans in his own image, giving every person a dignity that no label or failure can erase.
Genesis 2:25 – And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Before the first sin, the man and woman are naked yet feel no shame, a picture of openness and safety between them and with God.
Genesis 3:7 – 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.
After eating the fruit, Adam and Eve realize they are naked and sew fig leaves together, the first recorded attempt to cover shame.
Genesis 3:10 – And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
When God calls out in the garden, Adam says he was afraid and hid because he was naked, showing how shame makes people hide.
Genesis 3:21 – Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
Even after the first sin, God himself makes garments of skin for Adam and Eve and clothes them, a quiet act of care.
Genesis 38:26 – And Judah acknowledged them , and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
When Tamar proves that Judah fathered her child, he admits that she is more in the right than he is, owning his guilt publicly.
Genesis 45:5 – Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Joseph tells the brothers who sold him that they should not be distressed or angry with themselves, because God used it to preserve life.
Leviticus 5:5 – And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things , that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
The law teaches that when someone realizes they are guilty of a wrong, they must confess it, so the first step is naming it plainly.
Leviticus 16:21-22 – And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
On the Day of Atonement, the priest confesses Israel's sins over a goat that carries them into the wilderness, a picture of guilt taken far away.
2 Samuel 12:13 – And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD . And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
When Nathan exposes his sin, David says simply that he has sinned against the Lord, and Nathan tells him God has put away his sin.
Ezra 9:6 – And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Praying over Israel's unfaithfulness, Ezra says he is too ashamed and embarrassed to lift his face to God, yet he still prays.
Psalm 3:3 – But thou, O LORD , art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Fleeing from his son Absalom, David calls God a shield around him, his glory and the one who lifts up his head.
Psalm 8:5 – For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Marveling at the night sky, the psalmist says that God has made people little lower than heavenly beings and crowned them with glory and honor.
Psalm 22:5 – They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
David recalls that earlier generations cried to God and were rescued, and that trusting him did not leave them disappointed or put to shame.
Psalm 25:3 – Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
David prays that no one who waits for God will be put to shame, while those who betray without cause will be disgraced.
Psalm 25:11 – For thy name’s sake, O LORD , pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
David appeals to God's reputation, asking him to pardon his guilt, which he admits is great.
Psalm 31:1 – In thee, O LORD , do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
David takes refuge in God and prays never to be put to shame, asking God to rescue him because he is righteous.
Psalm 32:1-2 – Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
David calls happy the person whose wrongdoing is forgiven, whose sin is covered and whose record the Lord does not count against them.
Psalm 32:3-5 – When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD ; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
David describes how silence about his sin left him weak and drained, until he confessed and God forgave the guilt.
Psalm 34:5 – They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
David says that those who look to God become radiant, and their faces are never covered with shame.
Psalm 34:22 – The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
David ends the psalm with the promise that the Lord rescues his servants and that no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.
Psalm 38:4 – For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
David writes that his guilt has risen over his head like a load too heavy to carry, expressing how sin can feel physically crushing.
Psalm 40:2 – He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
David remembers how God lifted him out of a slimy pit and set his feet on a rock, giving him a firm place to stand.
Psalm 51:1-2 – Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
David begins his prayer after his sin with Bathsheba by asking God for mercy based on his unfailing love, and for washing away his guilt.
Psalm 51:7 – Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
David asks God to purify him and wash him so that he would be whiter than snow, borrowing the language of temple cleansing.
Psalm 51:17 – The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
David says that the sacrifice God truly wants is a broken spirit, and that he will not turn away a humble and repentant heart.
Psalm 69:7 – Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
The psalmist says that he has endured scorn for God's sake and that shame has covered his face.
Psalm 71:1 – In thee, O LORD , do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
An older psalmist takes refuge in God and prays never to be put to shame, using the same confidence he has had since youth.
Psalm 103:11-12 – For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
David says God's love for those who fear him is as high as the sky, and that he removes our transgressions as far as east from west.
Psalm 113:7-8 – He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
The psalmist praises God for lifting the poor from the dust and the needy from the ash heap and seating them with princes.
Psalm 119:6 – Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
The writer says he will not be put to shame when he pays attention to all of God's commands.
Psalm 130:3-4 – If thou, LORD , shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
The psalmist notes that if God kept an account of sins, no one could stand, but with God there is forgiveness so that he may be revered.
Psalm 139:14 – I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
David praises God for making him fearfully and wonderfully, saying that God's works are wonderful and that he knows it very well.
Isaiah 1:18 – Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD : though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
God invites Israel to reason together and promises that sins like scarlet can become white as snow and crimson as wool.
Isaiah 6:5-7 – Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Isaiah sees God in the temple and cries out that his lips are unclean; an angel touches them with a coal and declares his guilt removed.
Isaiah 38:17 – Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
After recovering from illness, King Hezekiah says that God has put all his sins behind his back and kept him from the pit.
Isaiah 43:25 – I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
God says that for his own sake he blots out Israel's transgressions and will not remember their sins.
Isaiah 44:22 – I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
God tells Israel he has swept away their offenses like a cloud and urges them to return to him, since he has already redeemed them.
Isaiah 45:17 – But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
God promises that Israel will be saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation and will not be put to shame or disgraced.
Isaiah 50:7 – 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.
The servant of the Lord says that because God helps him he has set his face like flint, knowing he will not be shamed.
Isaiah 53:5 – But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah's description of the suffering servant says he was pierced for our transgressions and that by his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 54:4 – 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.
God tells Israel, pictured as a woman, not to fear or be ashamed, because she will forget the shame of her youth.
Isaiah 61:7 – 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.
God promises that in place of their shame his people will receive a double portion, and in place of disgrace they will rejoice.
Jeremiah 3:25 – We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
The people confess that they lie down in their shame and disgrace covers them because they sinned against God from youth.
Jeremiah 31:19 – Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Ephraim, a name for the northern kingdom, says that after turning back he repented and was ashamed, bearing the disgrace of his youth.
Jeremiah 31:34 – And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD : for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD : for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
God promises a new covenant in which people know him personally, and he will forgive their wickedness and remember their sins no more.
Ezekiel 18:21-22 – But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
God says that a wicked person who turns from sin and keeps his decrees will live, and past offenses will not be held against them.
Daniel 9:7-9 – O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
In his prayer of confession, Daniel says that shame belongs to Israel while mercy and forgiveness belong to the Lord, even though they rebelled.
Joel 2:26-27 – And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
After the locust plague, God promises plenty to eat and says his people will never again be shamed.
Micah 7:9 – I will bear the indignation of the LORD , because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Micah says he will bear the Lord's anger because he sinned, until God pleads his case and brings him into the light.
Micah 7:18-19 – Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Micah praises God as one who pardons sin, delights in showing mercy, and hurls all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
Zephaniah 3:19-20 – 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. At that time will I bring you again , even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD .
God promises to rescue the lame and gather the scattered, turning their shame into praise and renown in every land.
Zechariah 3:3-4 – Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
In a vision, the high priest Joshua stands in filthy clothes, and the angel orders them removed, saying that his guilt has been taken away.
Matthew 11:28 – Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Jesus invites all who are weary and burdened to come to him, promising rest.
Mark 2:17 – When Jesus heard it , he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Criticized for eating with tax collectors and sinners, Jesus replies that the healthy do not need a doctor, and that he came for sinners.
Mark 5:33-34 – But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
A woman who has bled for twelve years falls trembling before Jesus; he calls her daughter, says her faith healed her and sends her away in peace.
Luke 7:47-48 – Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
At a Pharisee's dinner, a woman weeps over Jesus' feet, and he tells her that her sins are forgiven because she loved much.
Luke 13:12-13 – And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him , and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
Jesus sees a woman bent double for eighteen years, calls her over, lays his hands on her and she stands straight, praising God.
Luke 15:20 – And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
The father in Jesus' parable sees his lost son far off, runs to him, embraces him and kisses him before the son says a word.
Luke 15:21-22 – And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
The son starts a prepared apology, but the father interrupts and orders the best robe, a ring and sandals for him.
Luke 18:13 – And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
In Jesus' parable, a tax collector stands at a distance, will not even look up, and simply asks for mercy, and Jesus says he went home justified.
Luke 19:8-9 – And Zacchæus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
Zacchaeus, a despised tax collector, promises to give half his wealth to the poor, and Jesus declares that salvation has come to his house.
Luke 23:34 – Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
As he is crucified, Jesus asks the Father to forgive those responsible, saying they do not understand what they are doing.
Luke 23:42-43 – And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
One of the criminals crucified beside Jesus asks to be remembered, and Jesus promises him a place in paradise that very day.
John 3:17 – For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Jesus tells Nicodemus that God sent his Son into the world not to condemn it but to save it.
John 8:10-11 – When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
After Jesus' words send away those who accused a woman caught in adultery, he tells her he does not condemn her and to leave her sin.
John 21:17 – He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
After Peter denied him three times, the risen Jesus asks Peter three times whether he loves him and entrusts him with caring for his sheep.
Acts 3:19 – Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Peter urges the crowd in the temple to repent and turn to God so that their sins will be wiped out and times of refreshing may come.
Acts 13:38-39 – Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Paul preaches in Pisidian Antioch that forgiveness of sins comes through Jesus, and that everyone who believes is freed from what the law could not free them from.
Romans 1:16 – 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.
Paul writes that he is not ashamed of the gospel because it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who believes.
Romans 3:23-24 – For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Paul says that everyone falls short of God's glory, yet all are freely made right through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Romans 5:5 – And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Paul writes that hope does not leave us disappointed, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:1 – There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Paul declares that there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:33-34 – Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Paul asks who can bring a charge against God's chosen ones or condemn them, since Christ died, rose and pleads for us.
Romans 9:33 – As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Paul quotes Isaiah about a stone that makes people stumble, and says that whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.
2 Corinthians 5:17 – Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Paul says that anyone in Christ is a new creation, with the old things gone and the new having come.
2 Corinthians 5:21 – For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Paul writes that God made the sinless Christ to be sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 7:10 – For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Paul distinguishes godly sorrow, which leads to repentance and leaves no regret, from worldly sorrow, which only brings death.
Ephesians 1:7 – In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Paul says that in Christ we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in line with the riches of God's grace.
Ephesians 2:4-5 – But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Paul writes that because of his great love and rich mercy, God made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our sins.
Colossians 1:21-22 – And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
Paul reminds the Colossians they were once alienated from God, yet Christ has reconciled them so they can stand holy and blameless before him.
Colossians 2:13-14 – And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Paul says God forgave all our sins by canceling the written record of charges against us and nailing it to the cross.
2 Timothy 1:8 – Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
Paul urges Timothy not to be ashamed of testifying about the Lord or of Paul himself, who is in prison, but to share in suffering for the gospel.
2 Timothy 1:12 – For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Writing from prison, Paul says he suffers but is not ashamed, because he knows whom he has trusted and is sure Christ will guard it.
2 Timothy 2:15 – Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Paul tells Timothy to present himself to God as a worker who has no reason to be ashamed and who handles the word of truth correctly.
Hebrews 8:12 – For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Quoting Jeremiah's promise of a new covenant, the writer says God will be merciful toward their wrongdoing and remember their sins no more.
Hebrews 9:14 – How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
The writer says the blood of Christ will cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death so that we can serve the living God.
Hebrews 10:22 – Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
The writer invites believers to draw near to God with sincere hearts, with hearts sprinkled clean from a guilty conscience and bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 12:2 – 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.
Hebrews says Jesus endured the cross and scorned its shame for the joy set before him, and now sits at God's right hand.
1 Peter 2:6 – Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
Peter quotes Isaiah about a chosen cornerstone laid in Zion and says that anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.
1 Peter 2:24 – Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Peter says Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we might live for righteousness, and by his wounds we are healed.
1 Peter 4:16 – Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
Peter tells believers that if they suffer for being Christians, they should not be ashamed but should praise God that they bear Christ's name.
1 John 1:7 – But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
John says that if we walk in the light as God is in the light, we share fellowship and the blood of Jesus purifies us from all sin.
1 John 1:9 – If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
John says that if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 2:28 – 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.
John urges his readers to remain in Christ so that when he appears they may be confident and not shrink from him in shame.
1 John 3:19-20 – And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
John says that if our hearts condemn us, we can still rest, since God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.
Revelation 3:18 – I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Jesus advises the church in Laodicea to buy from him white clothes to wear so that the shame of their nakedness will not be exposed.
Revelation 12:10 – And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
A loud voice in heaven announces that the accuser of the brothers has been thrown down, the one who accused believers day and night.

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