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Then God remembered Rachel; he heard her prayer
and made her fruitful. She conceived and bore a son, and she said,
"God has removed my disgrace." So she named him Joseph,
meaning, "May the LORD add another son to this one for
me!" [GEN 30:22-24]
Jacob's sons replied to Shechem and his father
Hamor with guile, speaking as they did because their sister Dinah
had been defiled. "We could not do such a thing," they
said, "as to give our sister to an uncircumcised man; that
would be a disgrace for us." [Taken from GEN 34:13-14]
You shall not disgrace your father by having
intercourse with your mother. [Taken from LEV 18:7]
You shall not have intercourse with your son's
daughter or with your daughter's daughter, for that would be a
disgrace to your own family. [LEV 18:10]
You shall not disgrace your father's brother by
being intimate with his wife, since she, too, is your aunt. [LEV
18:14]
You shall not have intercourse with your
daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, and therefore you shall
not disgrace her. [LEV 18:15]
You shall not have intercourse with your
brother's wife, for that would be a disgrace to your brother. [LEV
18:16]
If a man disgraces his father by lying with his
father's wife, both the man and his stepmother shall [receive the
prescribed punishment] [Taken from LEV 20:11] [Note: Under Mosaic
law, capital punishment was applied in such cases.]
If a man disgraces his uncle by having
intercourse with his uncle's wife, the man and his aunt shall pay
the penalty by dying childless. [LEV 20:20]
If a man marries his brother's wife and thus
disgraces his brother, they shall be childless because of this
incest. [LEV 20:21]
If he were beaten with more stripes than these, your kinsman should be looked upon as disgraced because of the severity of the beating.
[Taken from DEUT 25:3]
Saul chose three thousand men of Israel, of whom
two thousand remained with him in Michmash and in the hill country
of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of
Benjamin. He sent the rest of the people back to their tents. Now
Jonathan overcame the Philistine garrison which was in Gibeah, and
the Philistines got word of it. Then Saul sounded the horn
throughout the land, with a proclamation, "Let the Hebrews
hear!" Thus all Israel learned that Saul had overcome the
garrison of the Philistines and that Israel had brought disgrace
upon the Philistines; and the soldiers were called up to Saul in
Gilgal. [1SAM 13:2-4]
While he was talking with them, the Philistine
champion, by name Goliath of Gath, came up from the ranks of the
Philistines and spoke as before, and David listened. When the
Israelites saw the man, they all retreated before him, very much
afraid. The Israelites had been saying: "Do you see this man
coming up? He comes up to insult Israel. If anyone should kill
him, the king would give him great wealth, and his daughter as
well, and would grant exemption to his father's family in
Israel." David now said to the men standing by: "What
will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and frees
Israel of the disgrace? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine in
any case, that he should insult the armies of the living
God?" They repeated the same words to him and said,
"That is how the man who kills him will be rewarded." [1SAM
17:23-27]
The sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel.
(He was indeed the first-born, but because he disgraced the couch
of his father his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, son
of Israel, so that he is not listed in the family records
according to birthright. Judah, in fact, became powerful among his
brothers, so that the ruler came from him, though the birthright
had been Joseph's.) [Taken from 1CHRON 5:1-2]
David said, "I will show kindness to Hanun,
the son of Nahash, for his father treated me with kindness."
Therefore he sent envoys to him to comfort him over the death of
his father. But when David's servants had entered the land of the
Ammonites to comfort Hanun, the Ammonite princes said to Hanun,
"Do you think David is doing this - sending you these
consolers - to honor your father? Have not his servants rather
come to you to explore the land, spying it out for its
overthrow?" Thereupon Hanun seized David's servants and had
them shaved and their garments cut off half-way at the hips. Then
he sent them away. When David was informed of what had happened to
his men, he sent messengers to meet them, for the men had been
greatly disgraced. "Remain at Jericho," the king told
them, "until your beards have grown again; and then you may
come back here." [1CHRON 19:2-5]
"My God, I am too ashamed and confounded to
raise my face to you, O my God, for our wicked deeds are heaped up
above our heads and our guilt reaches up to heaven. From the time
of our fathers even to this day great has been our guilt, and for
our wicked deeds we have been delivered over, we and our kings and
our priests, to the will of the kings of foreign lands, to the
sword, to captivity, to pillage, and to disgrace, as is the case
today." [Taken from EZRA 9:6-7]
"Now, as for you, my son, depart from
Nineveh; do not remain here. The day you bury your mother next to
me, do not even stay overnight within the confines of the city.
For I see that people here shamelessly commit all sorts of
wickedness and treachery. Think, my son, of all that Nadab did to
Ahiqar, the very one who brought him up: Ahiqar went down alive
into the earth! Yet God made Nadab's disgraceful crime rebound
against him. Ahiqar came out again into the light, but Nadab went
into the everlasting darkness, for he had tried to kill Ahiqar.
Because Ahiqar had given alms to me, he escaped from the deadly
trap Nadab had set for him. But Nadab himself fell into the deadly
trap, and it destroyed him. So, my children, note well what
almsgiving does, and also what wickedness does - it kills! But now
my spirit is about to leave me." [TOBIT 14:8-11]
Now Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, sent
messengers to all the inhabitants of Persia, and to all those who
dwelt in the West: to the inhabitants of Cilicia and Damascus,
Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, to all who dwelt along the seacoast, to
the peoples of Carmel, Gilead, Upper Galilee, and the vast plain
of Esdraelon, to all those in Samaria and its cities, and west of
the Jordan as far as Jerusalem, Bethany, Chelous, Kadesh, and the
River of Egypt; to Tahpanhes, Raamses, all the land of Goshen,
Tanis, Memphis and beyond, and to all the inhabitants of Egypt as
far as the borders of Ethiopia. But the inhabitants of all that
land disregarded the summons of Nebuchadnezzar, king of the
Assyrians, and would not go with him to the war. They were not
afraid of him but regarded him as a lone individual opposed to
them, and turned away his envoys empty-handed, in disgrace. Then
Nebuchadnezzar fell into a violent rage against all that land, and
swore by his throne and his kingdom that he would avenge himself
on all the territories of Cilicia and Damascus and Syria, and also
destroy with his sword all the inhabitants of Moab, Ammon, the
whole of Judea, and those living anywhere in Egypt as far as the
borders of the two seas. [JDTH 1:7-12]
If we are taken, all Judea will fall, our
sanctuary will be plundered, and God will make us pay for its
profanation with our life's blood. For the slaughter of our
kinsmen, for the taking of exiles from the land, and for the
devastation of our inheritance, he will lay the guilt on our
heads. Wherever we shall be enslaved among the nations, we shall
be a mockery and a reproach in the eyes of our masters. Our
enslavement will not be turned to our benefit, but the Lord our
God, will maintain it to our disgrace. [Taken from JDTH 8:21-23]
"Lord, God of my forefather Simeon! You put
a sword into his hand to take revenge upon the foreigners who had
immodestly loosened the maiden's girdle, shamefully exposed her
thighs, and disgracefully violated her body. This they did, though
you forbade it. Therefore you had their rulers slaughtered; and
you covered with their blood the bed in which they lay deceived,
the same bed that had felt the shame of their own deceiving. You
smote the slaves together with their princes, and the princes
together with their servants...and all the spoils you
divided among your favored sons, who burned with zeal for you, and
in their abhorrence of the defilement of their kinswoman, called
on you for help." [Taken from JDTH 9:2-4]
On the fourth day Holofernes gave a banquet for
his servants alone, to which he did not invite any of the
officers. And he said to Bagoas, the eunuch in charge of his
household: "Go and persuade this Hebrew woman in your care to
come and to eat and drink with us. It would be a disgrace for us
to have such a woman with us without enjoying her company. If we
do not entice her, she will laugh us to scorn." So Bagoas
left the presence of Holofernes, and came to Judith and said,
"So fair a maiden should not be reluctant to come to my lord
to be honored by him, to enjoy drinking wine with us, and to be
like one of the Assyrian women who live in the palace of
Nebuchadnezzar." [Taken from JDTH 12:10-13]
"As the Lord lives, who has protected me in
the path I have followed, I swear that it was my face that seduced
Holofernes to his ruin, and that he did not sin with me to my
defilement or disgrace." All the people were greatly
astonished. They bowed down and worshiped God, saying with one
accord, "Blessed are you, our God, who today have brought to
nought the enemies of your people." [Taken from JDTH
13:16-17]
He broke into a loud clamor of weeping,
groaning, and howling, and rent his garments. Then he entered the
tent where Judith had her quarters; and, not finding her, he
rushed out to the troops and cried: "The slaves have duped
us! A single Hebrew woman has brought disgrace on the house of
King Nebuchadnezzar." [Taken from JDTH 14:16-18]
In those days Mattathias, son of John, son of
Simeon, a priest of the family of Joarib, left Jerusalem and
settled in Modein. He had five sons: John, who was called Gaddi;
Simon, who was called Thassi; Judas, who was called Maccabeus;
Eleazar, who was called Avaran; and Jonathan, who was called
Apphus. When he saw the sacrileges that were being committed in
Judah and in Jerusalem, he said: "Woe is me! Why was I born
to see the ruin of my people and the ruin of the holy city, and to
sit idle while it is given into the hands of enemies, and the
sanctuary into the hands of strangers? Her temple has become like
a man disgraced, her glorious ornaments have been carried off as
spoils, Her infants have been murdered in her
streets, her young men by the sword of the enemy. What nation
has not taken its share of her realm, and laid its hand on
her possessions? All her adornment has been taken away. From
being free, she has become a slave. We see our sanctuary and our
beauty and our glory laid waste, And the Gentiles have
defiled them! Why are we still alive?" Then Mattathias and
his sons tore their garments, put on sackcloth, and mourned
bitterly. [1MACC 2:1-14]
There was great joy among the people now that
the disgrace of the Gentiles was removed. Then Judas and his
brothers and the entire congregation of Israel decreed that the
days of the dedication of the altar should be observed with joy
and gladness on the anniversary every year for eight days, from
the twenty-fifth day of the month Chislev. [1MACC 4:58-59]
Even so, he
did not gain control of the government, but in the end received
only disgrace for his treachery, and once again took refuge in the
country of the Ammonites. [Taken from 2MACC 5:6-7]
About that time Antiochus retreated in disgrace
from the region of Persia. [Taken from 2MACC 9:1]
I have become the sport of my neighbors:
"The one whom God answers when he calls upon him, The just,
the perfect man," is a laughing-stock; The undisturbed esteem
my downfall a disgrace such as awaits unsteady feet [Taken from
JOB 12:4-5]
If his sons are honored, he is not aware of it;
if they are in disgrace, he does not know about them. [Taken from
JOB 14:21]
Away from me, all who do evil! The LORD has
heard my weeping. The LORD has heard my prayer; the LORD takes up
my plea. My foes will be terrified and disgraced; all will fall
back in sudden shame. [PS 6:9-11]
I wait for you, O LORD; I lift up my soul to my
God. In you I trust; do not let me be disgraced; do not let my
enemies gloat over me. No one is disgraced who waits for you, but
only those who lightly break faith. [PS 25:1-3]
Look upon me, have pity on me, for I am alone
and afflicted. Relieve the troubles of my heart; bring me out of
my distress. Put an end to my affliction and suffering; take away
all my sins. See how many are my enemies, see how fiercely they
hate me. Preserve my life and rescue me; do not let me be
disgraced, for I trust in you. Let honesty and virtue preserve me;
I wait for you, O LORD. [Taken from PS 25:16-21]
Let those who seek my life be put to shame and
disgrace. Let those who plot evil against me be turned back and
confounded. Make them like chaff before the wind, with the angel
of the LORD driving them on. Make their way slippery and dark,
with the angel of the LORD pursuing them. [PS 35:4-6]
Put to shame and
confound all who relish my misfortune. Clothe with shame and
disgrace those who lord it over me. But let those who favor my
just cause shout for joy and be glad. May they ever say,
"Exalted be the LORD who delights in the peace of his loyal
servant." Then my tongue shall recount your justice, declare
your praise, all the day long. [Taken from PS 35:26-28]
The LORD watches over the days of the blameless;
their heritage lasts forever. They will not be disgraced when
times are hard; in days of famine they will have plenty. [PS 37:18-19]
LORD, graciously rescue me! Come quickly to help
me, LORD! Put to shame and confound all who seek to take my life.
Turn back in disgrace those who desire my ruin. Let those who say
"Aha!" know dismay and shame. But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you. May those who long for your help
always say, "The LORD be glorified." Though I am
afflicted and poor, the Lord keeps me in mind. You are my help and
deliverer; my God, do not delay! [PS 40:14-18]
But now you have rejected and disgraced us; you
do not march out with our armies. You make us retreat before the
foe; those who hate us plunder us at will. [Taken from PS 44:10-11]
All day long my disgrace is before me; shame has
covered my face [Taken from PS 44:16]
God, you know my folly; my faults are not hidden
from you. Let those who wait for you, LORD of hosts, not be shamed
through me. Let those who seek you, God of Israel, not be
disgraced through me [Taken from PS 69:6-7]
Answer me, LORD, in your generous love; in your
great mercy turn to me. Do not hide your face from your servant;
in my distress hasten to answer me. Come and ransom my life;
because of my enemies redeem me. You know my reproach, my shame,
my disgrace; before you stand all my foes. Insult has broken my
heart, and I am weak; I looked for compassion, but there was none,
for comforters, but found none. Instead they put gall in my food;
for my thirst they gave me vinegar. [Taken from PS 69:17-22]
Graciously rescue me, God! Come quickly to help
me, LORD! Confound and put to shame those who seek my life. Turn
back in disgrace those who desire my ruin. Let those who say
"Aha!" turn back in their shame. But may all who seek
you rejoice and be glad in you. May those who long for your help
always say, "God be glorified!" Here I am, afflicted and
poor. God, come quickly! You are my help and deliverer. LORD, do
not delay! [PS 70:2-6]
You have sent me many bitter afflictions, but
once more revive me. From the watery depths of the earth once more
raise me up. Restore my honor; turn and comfort me, That I may
praise you with the lyre for your faithfulness, my God, And sing
to you with the harp, O Holy One of Israel! My lips will shout for
joy as I sing your praise; my soul, too, which you have redeemed.
Yes, my tongue shall recount your justice day by day. For those
who sought my ruin will have been shamed and disgraced. [PS 71:20-24]
Let the groans of prisoners come before you; by
your great power free those doomed to death. Lord, inflict on our
neighbors seven fold the disgrace they inflicted on you. Then we,
your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you
forever; through all ages we will declare your praise. [PS 79:11-13]
Pursue them with your tempest; terrify them with
your storm. Cover their faces with shame, till they pay you
homage, LORD. Let them be dismayed and shamed forever; let them
perish in disgrace. Show them you alone are the LORD, the Most
High over all the earth. [PS 83:16-19]
Help me, LORD, my God; save me in your kindness.
Make them know this is your hand, that you, LORD, have acted.
Though they curse, may you bless; shame my foes, that your servant
may rejoice. Clothe my accusers with disgrace; make them wear
shame like a mantle. I will give fervent thanks to the LORD;
before all I will praise my God. For God stands at the right hand
of the poor to defend them against unjust accusers. [Taken from PS
109:26-31]
Free me from disgrace and contempt, for I
observe your decrees. Though princes meet and talk against me,
your servant studies your laws. Your decrees are my delight; they
are my counselors. [PS 119:22-24]
May they be scattered in disgrace, all who hate
Zion. May they be like grass on the rooftops withered in early
growth, Never to fill the reaper's hands, nor the arms of the
binders of sheaves, With none passing by to call out: "The
blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the
LORD!" [PS 129:5-8]
But he who commits adultery is a fool; he who
would destroy himself does it. A degrading beating will he get,
and his disgrace will not be wiped away; For vindictive is the
husband's wrath, he will have no pity on the day of vengeance; He
will not consider any restitution, nor be satisfied with the
greatest gifts. [PROV 6:32-35]
A son who fills the granaries in summer is a
credit; a son who slumbers during harvest, a disgrace. [PROV 10:5]
When pride comes, disgrace comes; but with the
humble is wisdom. [PROV 11:2]
A worthy wife is the crown of her husband, but a
disgraceful one is like rot in his bones. [PROV 12:4]
Anything deceitful the just man hates, but the
wicked brings shame and disgrace. [PROV 13:5]
Virtue exalts a nation, but sin is a people's
disgrace. [PROV 14:34]
With wickedness comes contempt, and with
disgrace comes scorn. [PROV 18:3]
He who mistreats his father, or drives away his
mother, is a worthless and disgraceful son. [PROV 19:26]
He who keeps the law is a wise son, but the
gluttons' companion disgraces his father. [PROV 28:7]
The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a boy
left to his whims disgraces his mother. [PROV 29:15]
Glory not in your father's shame, for his shame
is no glory to you! His father's honor is a man's glory; disgrace
for her children, a mother's shame. [SIRACH 3:10-11]
Say nothing harmful, small or great; be not a
foe instead of a friend; A bad name and disgrace will you acquire:
"That for the evil man with double tongue!" [SIRACH 6:1]
Be guilty of no evil before the city's populace,
nor disgrace yourself before the assembly. [SIRACH 7:7]
Whose offspring can be in honor? Those of men.
Which offspring are in honor? Those who fear God. Whose offspring
can be in disgrace? Those of men. Which offspring are in disgrace?
Those who transgress the commandments. [SIRACH 10:19]
The oppressed often rise to a throne, and some
that none would consider wear a crown. The exalted often fall into
utter disgrace; the honored are given into enemy hands. [Taken
from SIRACH 11:5-6]
It is much better to admonish than to lose one's
temper, for one who admits his fault will be kept from disgrace. [SIRACH
20:2]
Better a thief than an inveterate liar, yet both
will suffer disgrace; A liar's way leads to dishonor, his shame
remains ever with him. [SIRACH 20:24-25]
It is rude for one to listen at a door; a
cultured man would be overwhelmed by the disgrace of it. [SIRACH
21:24]
The sluggard is like a stone in the mud;
everyone hisses at his disgrace. The sluggard is like a lump of
dung; whoever touches him wipes his hands. [SIRACH 22:1-2]
An unruly child is a disgrace to its father; if
it be a daughter she brings him to poverty. [SIRACH 22:3]
Keep your father and mother in mind when you sit
among the mighty, lest in their presence you commit a blunder and
disgrace your upbringing, by wishing you had never been born or
cursing the day of your birth. [SIRACH 23:14]
So also with the woman who is unfaithful to her
husband and offers as heir her son by a stranger. First, she has
disobeyed the law of the Most High; secondly, she has wronged her
husband; Thirdly, in her wanton adultery she has borne children by
another man. Such a woman will be dragged before the assembly, and
her punishment will extend to her children; Her children will not
take root; her branches will not bring forth fruit. She will leave
an accursed memory; her disgrace will never be blotted out. [Taken
from SIRACH 23:22-26]
The man is a slave, in disgrace and shame, when
a wife supports her husband. [Taken from SIRACH 25:21]
Joy of heart, good cheer and merriment are wine
drunk freely at the proper time. Headache, bitterness and disgrace
is wine drunk amid anger and strife. [SIRACH 31:28-29]
Children curse their wicked father, for they
suffer disgrace through him. [SIRACH 41:7]
My children, heed my instruction about shame;
judge of disgrace only according to my rules, for it is not always
well to be ashamed, nor is it always the proper thing to blush:
Before father and mother be ashamed of immorality, before master
and mistress, of falsehood; Before prince and ruler, of flattery;
before the public assembly, of crime; Before friend and companion,
of disloyalty, and of breaking an oath or agreement. Be ashamed of
theft from the people where you settle, and of stretching out your
elbow when you dine; Of refusing to give when asked, of defrauding
another of his appointed share, Of failing to return a greeting,
and of rebuffing a friend; Of gazing at a married woman, and of
entertaining thoughts about another's wife; Of trifling with a
servant girl you have, and of violating her couch; Of using harsh
words with friends, and of following up your gifts with insults;
Of repeating what you hear, and of betraying secrets - These are
the things you should rightly avoid as shameful if you would be
looked upon by everyone with favor. [SIRACH 41:14-24]
Keep a close watch on your daughter, lest she
make you the sport of your enemies, A byword in the city, a
reproach among the people, an object of derision in public
gatherings. See that there is no lattice in her room, no place
that overlooks the approaches to the house. Let her not parade her
charms before men, or spend her time with married women; For just
as moths come from garments, so harm to women comes from women:
Better a man's harshness than a woman's indulgence, and a
frightened daughter than any disgrace. [SIRACH 42:11-14]
As a youth [David] slew the giant and wiped out the
people's disgrace, when his hand let fly the slingstone that
crushed the pride of Goliath. [Taken from SIRACH 47:4]
Seven women will take hold of one man on that
day, saying: "We will eat our own food and wear our own
clothing; Only let your name be given us, put an end to our
disgrace!" [ISA 4:1]
You disgrace to your master's
house! I will thrust you from your office and pull you down from
your station. On that day I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of
Hilkiah; I will clothe him with your robe, and gird him with your
sash, and give over to him your authority. He shall be a father to
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. I will
place the key of the House of David on his shoulder; when he
opens, no one shall shut, when he shuts, no one shall open. I will
fix him like a peg in a sure spot, to be a place of honor for his
family; On him shall hang all the glory of his family: descendants
and offspring, all the little dishes, from bowls to jugs. On that
day, says the LORD of hosts, the peg fixed in a sure spot shall
give way, break off and fall, and the weight that hung on it shall
be done away with; for the LORD has spoken. [Taken from ISA 22:18-25]
The LORD of hosts has planned it, to disgrace
all pride of majesty, to degrade all the earth's honored men. [Taken
from ISA
23:9]
Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD,
Who carry out plans that are not mine, who weave webs that are not
inspired by me, adding sin upon sin. They go down to Egypt, but my
counsel they do not seek. They find their strength in Pharaoh's
protection and take refuge in Egypt's shadow; Pharaoh's protection
shall be your shame, and refuge in Egypt's shadow your disgrace. [ISA
30:1-3]
When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his
garments, wrapped himself in sackcloth, and went into the temple
of the LORD. He sent Eliakim, the master of the palace, and Shebna
the scribe, and the elders of the priests, wrapped in sackcloth,
to tell the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz: "Thus says Hezekiah:
'This is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace. Children
are at the point of birth, but there is no strength to bring them
forth. Perhaps the LORD, your God, will hear the words of the
commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, sent to taunt the
living God, and will rebuke him for the words which the LORD, your
God, has heard. Send up a prayer for the remnant that is
here.'" [ISA 37:1-4]
Fear not, I am with you; be not dismayed; I am
your God. I will strengthen you, and help you, and uphold you with
my right hand of justice. Yes, all shall be put to shame and
disgrace who vent their anger against you; Those shall perish and
come to nought who offer resistance. You shall seek out, but shall
not find, those who strive against you; They shall be as nothing
at all who do battle with you. For I am the LORD, your God, who
grasp your right hand; It is I who say to you, "Fear not, I will help you."
[ISA 41:10-13]
Thus says the LORD: The earnings of Egypt, the
gain of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, tall of stature, shall come
over to you and belong to you; they shall follow you, coming in
chains. Before you they shall fall prostrate, saying in prayer:
"With you only is God, and nowhere else; the gods are nought.
Truly with you God is hidden, the God of Israel, the savior! Those
are put to shame and disgrace who vent their anger against him;
Those go in disgrace who carve images. Israel, you are saved by
the LORD, saved forever! You shall never be put to shame or
disgrace in future ages."
[ISA 45:14-17]
I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks
to those who plucked my beard; My face I did not shield from
buffets and spitting. The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not
disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not
be put to shame. [ISA 50:6-7]
Raise a glad cry, you barren one who did not
bear, break forth in jubilant song, you who were not in labor, For
more numerous are the children of the deserted wife than the
children of her who has a husband, says the LORD. Enlarge the
space for your tent, spread out your tent cloths unsparingly;
lengthen your ropes and make firm your stakes. For you shall
spread abroad to the right and to the left; Your descendants shall
dispossess the nations and shall people the desolate cities. Fear
not, you shall not be put to shame; you need not blush, for you
shall not be disgraced. The shame of your youth you shall forget,
the reproach of your widowhood no longer remember. For he who has
become your husband is your Maker; his name is the LORD of hosts;
Your redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, called God of all the
earth. The LORD calls you back, like a wife forsaken and grieved
in spirit, a wife married in youth and then cast off, says your
God. For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great tenderness
I will take you back. [ISA 54:1-7]
Since their shame was double and disgrace and
spittle were their portion, They shall have a double inheritance
in their land, everlasting joy shall be theirs. For I, the LORD,
love what is right, I hate robbery and injustice; I will give them
their recompense faithfully, a lasting covenant I will make with
them. [Taken from ISA 61:7-8]
Lo, before me it stands written; I will not be
quiet until I have paid in full your crimes and the crimes of your
fathers as well, says the LORD. Since they burned incense on the
mountains, and disgraced me on the hills, I will at once pour out
in full measure their recompense into their laps. [ISA 65:6-7]
"Let us lie down in our shame, let our disgrace
cover us, for we have sinned against the LORD, our God, From our
youth to this day, we and our fathers also; we listened not to the
voice of the LORD, our God." [Taken from JER 3:25]
We recognize, O LORD, our wickedness, the guilt
of our fathers; that we have sinned against you. For your name's
sake spurn us not, disgrace not the throne of your glory; remember
your covenant with us, and break it not. [JER 14:20-21]
Who will pity you, Jerusalem, who will console
you? Who will stop to ask about your welfare? You have disowned
me, says the LORD, turned your back upon me; And so I stretched
out my hand to destroy you, I was weary of sparing you. I winnowed
them with the fan in every city gate. I destroyed my people
through bereavement; they returned not from their evil ways. Their
widows were more numerous before me than the sands of the sea. I
brought against the mother of youths the spoiler at midday;
Suddenly I struck her with anguish and terror. The mother of seven
swoons away, gasping out her life; Her sun sets in full day, she
is disgraced, despairing. Their survivors I will give to the sword
before their enemies, says the LORD. [JER 15:5-9]
O hope of Israel, O LORD! all who forsake you
shall be in disgrace; The rebels in the land shall be put to
shame; they have forsaken the source of living waters (the LORD).
[JER 17:13]
There is hope for your future, says the LORD;
your sons shall return to their own borders. I hear, I hear
Ephraim pleading: You chastised me, and I am chastened; I was an
untamed calf. If you allow me, I will return, for you are the
LORD, my God. I turn in repentance; I have come to myself, I
strike my breast; I blush with shame, I bear the disgrace of my
youth. Is Ephraim not my favored son, the child in whom I delight?
Often as I threaten him, I still remember him with favor; My heart
stirs for him, I must show him mercy, says the LORD. [JER 31:17-20]
Will you be rooted
out and become a curse and a disgrace among all the nations of the
earth? Have you forgotten the evil deeds which your fathers, and
the kings of Judah and their wives, and you yourselves and your
wives have done in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem?
To this day they have not been crushed; they do not fear or follow
the law and the statutes which I set before you and your fathers.
Hence, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have
determined evil against you; and I will uproot all Judah. I will
take away the remnant of Judah who insisted on coming to dwell in
Egypt, so that they shall be wholly destroyed. [Taken from JER 44:8-12]
Disgraced is daughter Egypt, handed over to the
people of the north. [JER 46:24]
Concerning Moab, thus says the LORD of hosts,
the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo, it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is
disgraced and captured, Disgraced and overthrown is the
stronghold: Moab's glory is no more. Evil they plan against
Heshbon: "Come, let us put an end to her as a people."
You, too, Madmen, shall be reduced to silence; behind you stalks
the sword. Listen! a cry from Horonaim of ruin and great
destruction! Moab is crushed, their outcry is heard in Zoar. [Taken
from JER 48:1-4]
Moab is disgraced, yes, destroyed, howl and cry
out; Publish it at the Arnon, Moab is ruined! [JER 48:20]
By my own self I have sworn, says the LORD:
Bozrah shall become an object of horror and a disgrace, a
desolation and a curse; she and all her cities shall become ruins
forever. [JER 49:13]
Let him put his mouth to the dust; there may yet be hope. Let him
offer his cheek to be struck, let him be filled with disgrace. For
the Lord's rejection does not last forever; Though he punishes, he
takes pity, in the abundance of his mercies; He has no joy in
afflicting or grieving the sons of men. [Taken from LAM 3:28-33]
Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us, look,
and see our disgrace: Our inherited lands have been turned over to
strangers, our homes to foreigners. We have become orphans,
fatherless; widowed are our mothers. The water we drink we must
buy, for our own wood we must pay. On our necks is the yoke of
those who drive us; we are worn out, but allowed no rest. [LAM 5:1-5]
The better for the just man who has no idols: he
shall be far from disgrace! [BARUCH 6:72]
Samaria did not commit half your sins! You have
done more abominable things than they, and have even made your
sisters appear just, with all the abominable deeds you have done.
You, then, bear your shame; you are an argument in favor of your
sisters! In view of your sinful deeds, more abominable than
theirs, they appear just in comparison with you. Blush for shame,
and bear the shame of having made your sisters appear just. I will
restore their fortunes, the fortune of Sodom and her daughters and
of Samaria and her daughters (and I will restore your fortune
along with them), that you may bear your shame and be disgraced
for all the comfort you brought them. [EZEK 16:51-54]
There is Elam with all her throng about Egypt's
grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword: they have gone down
uncircumcised to the bottom of the earth, who spread their terror
in the land of the living, and they bear their disgrace with those
who go down into the pit; in the midst of the slain they are
placed. [Taken from EZEK 32:24-25]
Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: Now I will
restore the fortunes of Jacob and have pity on the whole house of
Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name. They shall forget
their disgrace and all the times they broke faith with me, when
they live in security on their land with no one to frighten them.
When I bring them back from among the peoples, I will gather them
from the lands of their enemies, and will prove my holiness
through them in the sight of many nations. Thus they shall know
that I, the LORD, am their God, since I who exiled them among the
nations, will gather them back on their land, not leaving any of
them behind. No longer will I hide my face from them, for I have
poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord GOD.
[Taken from EZEK 39:25-29]
Because they used to minister for them before
their idols, and became an occasion of sin to the house of Israel,
therefore I have sworn an oath against them, says the Lord GOD:
they shall bear the consequences of their sin. They shall no
longer draw near me to serve as my priests, nor shall they touch
any of my sacred things, or the most sacred things. Thus they
shall bear their disgrace because of all their abominable deeds. [Taken
from EZEK
44:12-13]
"At that time there shall arise Michael,
the great prince, guardian of your people; It shall be a time
unsurpassed in distress since nations began until that time. At
that time your people shall escape, everyone who is found written
in the book. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth
shall awake; some shall live forever, others shall be an
everlasting horror and disgrace. But the wise shall shine brightly
like the splendor of the firmament, And those who lead the many to
justice shall be like the stars forever. As for you, Daniel, keep
secret the message and seal the book until the end time; many
shall fall away and evil shall increase." [DAN 12:1-4]
Because of violence to your brother Jacob,
disgrace shall cover you and you shall be destroyed forever. [Taken
from OBAD
1:10]
I will cast filth upon you, disgrace you and put
you to shame; Till everyone who sees you runs from you, saying,
"Nineveh is destroyed; who can pity her? Where can one find
any to console her?" [NAHUM 3:6-7]
On that day you need not be ashamed of all your
deeds, your rebellious actions against me; For then will I remove
from your midst the proud braggarts, And you shall no longer exalt
yourself on my holy mountain. But I will leave as a remnant in
your midst a people humble and lowly, Who shall take refuge in the
name of the LORD; the remnant of Israel. They shall do no wrong
and speak no lies; Nor shall there be found in their mouths a
deceitful tongue; They shall pasture and couch their flocks with
none to disturb them. Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! sing
joyfully, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, O
daughter Jerusalem! The LORD has removed the judgment against you,
he has turned away your enemies; The King of Israel, the LORD, is
in your midst, you have no further misfortune to fear. On that
day, it shall be said to Jerusalem: Fear not, O Zion, be not
discouraged! The LORD, your God, is in your midst, a mighty
savior; He will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in
his love, He will sing joyfully because of you, as one sings at
festivals. I will remove disaster from among you, so that none may
recount your disgrace. Yes, at that time I will deal with all who
oppress you; I will save the lame, and assemble the outcasts; I
will give them praise and renown in all the earth, when I bring
about their restoration. At that time I will bring you home, and
at that time I will gather you; For I will give you renown and
praise, among all the peoples of the earth, When I bring about
your restoration before your very eyes, says the LORD. [ZEPH 3:11-20]
Meanwhile the people were waiting for Zechariah
and were amazed that he stayed so long in the sanctuary. But when
he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they realized
that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He was gesturing to
them but remained mute. Then, when his days of ministry were
completed, he went home. After this time his wife Elizabeth
conceived, and she went into seclusion for five months, saying,
"So has the Lord done for me at a time when he has seen fit
to take away my disgrace before others." [LK 1:21-25]
But I want you to know that Christ is the head
of every man, and a husband the head of his wife, and God the head
of Christ. Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered
brings shame upon his head. But any woman who prays or prophesies
with her head unveiled brings shame upon her head, for it is one
and the same thing as if she had had her head shaved. For if a
woman does not have her head veiled, she may as well have her hair
cut off. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut
off or her head shaved, then she should wear a veil. A man, on the
other hand, should not cover his head, because he is the image and
glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. For man did not come
from woman, but woman from man; nor was man created for woman, but
woman for man; for this reason a woman should have a sign of
authority on her head, because of the angels. Woman is not
independent of man or man of woman in the Lord. For just as woman
came from man, so man is born of woman; but all things are from
God. Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God
with her head unveiled? Does not nature itself teach you that if a
man wears his hair long it is a disgrace to him, whereas if a
woman has long hair it is her glory, because long hair has been
given (her) for a covering? [Taken from 1COR 11:3-15]
This saying is trustworthy: whoever aspires to
the office of bishop desires a noble task. Therefore, a bishop
must be irreproachable, married only once, temperate,
self-controlled, decent, hospitable, able to teach, not a
drunkard, not aggressive, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover
of money. He must manage his own household well, keeping his
children under control with perfect dignity; for if a man does not
know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of the
church of God? He should not be a recent convert, so that he may
not become conceited and thus incur the devil's punishment. He
must also have a good reputation among outsiders, so that he may
not fall into disgrace, the devil's trap. [1TM 3:1-7] [Note:
Religious offices indicated in the New Testament are in their
infancy and can be shown to be developing even in Scripture.
Within a short time, many religious offices in the Church adopted
Jesus' and Paul's recommended observance of celibacy
as a general rule.]
Remind people of these things and charge them
before God to stop disputing about words. This serves no useful
purpose since it harms those who listen. Be eager to present
yourself as acceptable to God, a workman who causes no disgrace,
imparting the word of truth without deviation. Avoid profane, idle
talk, for such people will become more and more godless, and their
teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and
Philetus, who have deviated from the truth by saying that (the)
resurrection has already taken place and are upsetting the faith
of some. Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands, bearing this
inscription, "The Lord knows those who are his"; and,
"Let everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord avoid evil."
[2TM 2:14-19]
Also try:
shame
/ shameful / shameless [S12]
sin
/ sins / sinned / sinful / sinner [S18a]
wrong
/ wrongdoing [W14]
grace
/ graced / graceful [G6]
repent
/ repentance [R4]
honor
/ honors / honored / honorable [H16]
righteous
/ righteousness [R11]
dishonest
/ dishonesty [D11]
dishonor
/ dishonored [D12]
false
/ falsely / falsehood [H12a]
guilt
/ guilty [G12]
punish
/ punishment / unpunished [P22]
wrong
/ wrongdoing [W14]
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