Bible Verses About Sin and Shame

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

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

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

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.

Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

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.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

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.

Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

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

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

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

The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

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.

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

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.

Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

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:

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

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

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.

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

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.

Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

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.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

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

Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.

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

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