Bible Verses About Overcoming Shame

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.

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.

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.

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

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.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

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.

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.

Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

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.

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?

Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord God.

Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.