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"A priest's daughter who loses her honor by
committing fornication and thereby dishonors her father also,
shall [pay the prescribed penalty]" [LEV 21:9] [Note:
Under Mosaic law, capital punishment was applied in in such
cases.]
"A man shall not marry his father's wife,
nor shall he dishonor his father's bed." [DEUT 23:1]
'Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his
mother!' And all the people shall answer, 'Amen!' [DEUT 27:16]
'Cursed be he who has relations with his
father's wife, for he dishonors his father's bed!' And all the
people shall answer, 'Amen!' [DEUT 27:20]
Because of them the inhabitants of Jerusalem
fled away, and she became the abode of strangers. She became a
stranger to her own offspring, and her children forsook her. Her
sanctuary was as desolate as a wilderness; her feasts were turned
into mourning, Her sabbaths to shame, her honor to contempt. Her
dishonor was as great as her glory had been, and her exaltation was
turned into mourning. [1MACC 1:38-40]
But he made up his mind in a noble manner,
worthy of his years, the dignity of his advanced age, the merited
distinction of his gray hair, and of the admirable life he had
lived from childhood; and so he declared that above all he would
be loyal to the holy laws given by God. He told them to send him
at once to the abode of the dead, explaining: "At our age it
would be unbecoming to make such a pretense; many young men would
think the ninety-year-old Eleazar had gone over to an alien
religion. Should I thus dissimulate for the sake of a brief moment
of life, they would be led astray by me, while I would bring shame
and dishonor on my old age. Even if, for the time being, I avoid
the punishment of men, I shall never, whether alive or dead,
escape the hands of the Almighty. Therefore, by manfully giving up
my life now, I will prove myself worthy of my old age, and I will
leave to the young a noble example of how to die willingly and
generously for the revered and holy laws." He spoke thus, and
went immediately to the instrument of torture. [2MACC 6:23-28]
LORD my God, if I am at fault in this, if there
is guilt on my hands, If I have repaid my friend with evil - I
spared even those who hated me without cause - Then let my enemy
pursue and overtake me, trample my life to the ground, and leave
me dishonored in the dust. [Taken from PS 7:4-6]
But the children of adulterers will remain
without issue, and the progeny of an unlawful bed will disappear.
For should they attain long life, they will be held in no esteem,
and dishonored will their old age be at last; While should they
die abruptly, they have no hope nor comfort in the day of
scrutiny; for dire is the end of the wicked generation. [Taken
from WISDOM 3:16-19]
Yes, the just man dead condemns the sinful who
live, and youth swiftly completed condemns the many years of the
wicked man grown old. For they see the death of the wise man and
do not understand what the LORD intended for him, or why he made
him secure. They see, and hold him in contempt; but the LORD
laughs them to scorn. And they shall afterward become dishonored
corpses and an unceasing mockery among the dead. For he shall
strike them down speechless and prostrate and rock them to their
foundations; They shall be utterly laid waste and shall be in
grief and their memory shall perish. [WISDOM 4:16-19]
Then shall the just one with great assurance
confront his oppressors who set at nought his labors. Seeing this,
they shall be shaken with dreadful fear, and amazed at the
unlooked-for salvation. They shall say among themselves, rueful
and groaning through anguish of spirit: "This is he whom once
we held as a laughingstock and as a type for mockery, fools that
we were! His life we accounted madness, and his death dishonored.
See how he is accounted among the sons of God; how his lot is with
the saints! We, then, have strayed from the way of truth, and the
light of justice did not shine for us, and the sun did not rise
for us. We had our fill of the ways of mischief and of ruin; we
journeyed through impassable deserts, but the way of the LORD we
knew not. What did our pride avail us? What have wealth and its
boastfulness afforded us? All of them passed like a shadow and
like a fleeting rumor; Like a ship traversing the heaving water,
of which, when it has passed, no trace can be found, no path of
its keel in the waves." [Taken from WISDOM 5:1-10]
Exalt not yourself lest you fall and bring upon
you dishonor; For then the LORD will reveal your secrets and
publicly cast you down, Because you approached the fear of the
LORD with your heart full of guile. [SIRACH 1:27-29]
Honor and dishonor through talking! A man's
tongue can be his downfall. [SIRACH 5:15]
The poor man is honored for his wisdom as the rich man is honored
for his wealth; Honored in poverty, how much more so in wealth! Dishonored in wealth, in poverty how much the more!
[SIRACH 10:29-30]
A lie is a foul blot in a man, yet it is
constantly on the lips of the unruly. 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 20:23-25]
Two types of men multiply sins, a third draws
down wrath; For burning passion is a blazing fire, not to be
quenched till it burns itself out: A man given to sins of the
flesh, who never stops until the fire breaks forth; The rake to
whom all bread is sweet and who is never through till he dies; And
the man who dishonors his marriage bed and says to himself
"Who can see me? Darkness surrounds me, walls hide me; no one
sees me; why should I fear to sin?" Of the Most High he is
not mindful, fearing only the eyes of men; He does not understand
that the eyes of the LORD, ten thousand times brighter than the
sun, Observe every step a man takes and peer into hidden corners.
[SIRACH 23:16-19]
Solomon reigned during an era of peace, for God
made tranquil all his borders. He built a house to the name of
God, and established a lasting sanctuary. How wise you were when
you were young, overflowing with instruction, like the Nile in
flood! Your understanding covered the whole earth, and, like a
sea, filled it with knowledge. Your fame reached distant coasts,
and their peoples came to hear you; With song and story and
riddle, and with your answers, you astounded the nations. You were
called by that glorious name which was conferred upon Israel. Gold
you gathered like so much iron, you heaped up silver as though it
were lead; But you abandoned yourself to women and gave them
dominion over your body. You brought dishonor upon your
reputation, shame upon your marriage, Wrath upon your descendants,
and groaning upon your domain; Thus two governments came into
being, when in Ephraim kingship was usurped. But God does not
withdraw his mercy, nor permit even one of his promises to fail.
He does not uproot the posterity of his chosen one, nor destroy
the offspring of his friend. So he gave to Jacob a remnant, to
David a root from his own family. [SIRACH 47:13-22]
The Lord has consumed without pity all the
dwellings of Jacob; He has torn down in his anger the fortresses
of daughter Judah; He has brought to the ground in dishonor her
king and her princes. He broke off, in fiery wrath, the horn that
was Israel's whole strength; He withheld the support of his right
hand when the enemy approached; He blazed up in Jacob like a
flaming fire devouring all about it. [Taken from LAM 2:2-3]
You dishonor me before my people with handfuls of barley and crumbs of bread, killing those who should not die and keeping alive those who should not live, lying to my people who willingly hear lies.
[EZEK 13:19]
Put no trust in a friend, have no confidence in
a companion; Against her who lies in your bosom guard the portals
of your mouth. For the son dishonors his father, the daughter
rises up against her mother, The daughter-in-law against her
mother-in-law, and a man's enemies are those of his household. But
as for me, I will look to the LORD, I will put my trust in God my
savior; my God will hear me! [MICAH 7:5-7]
The Jews answered and said to him, "Are we
not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and are
possessed?" Jesus answered, "I am not possessed; I honor
my Father, but you dishonor me. I do not seek my own glory; there
is one who seeks it and he is the one who judges. Amen, amen, I
say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death." (So)
the Jews said to him, "Now we are sure that you are
possessed. Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say,
'Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.' Are you greater
than our father Abraham, who died? Or the prophets, who died? Who
do you make yourself out to be?" Jesus answered, "If I
glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing; but it is my Father who
glorifies me, of whom you say, 'He is our God.' You do not know
him, but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I
would be like you a liar. But I do know him and I keep his word.
Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was
glad." So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years
old and you have seen Abraham?" Jesus said to them,
"Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I
AM." So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid
and went out of the temple area. [Taken from JN 8:48-59]
After recalling the apostles, they had them
flogged, ordered them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus, and
dismissed them. So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin,
rejoicing that they had been found worthy to suffer dishonor for
the sake of the name. And all day long, both at the temple and in
their homes, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the
Messiah, Jesus. [Taken from ACTS 5:40-42]
Now if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the
law and boast of God and know his will and are able to discern
what is important since you are instructed from the law, and if
you are confident that you are a guide for the blind and a light
for those in darkness, that you are a trainer of the foolish and
teacher of the simple, because in the law you have the formulation
of knowledge and truth - then you who teach another, are you
failing to teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you
steal? You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who
detest idols, do you rob temples? You who boast of the law, do you
dishonor God by breaking the law? For, as it is written,
"Because of you the name of God is reviled among the
Gentiles." Circumcision, to be sure, has value if you observe
the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision has become
uncircumcision. Again, if an uncircumcised man keeps the precepts
of the law, will he not be considered circumcised? Indeed, those
who are physically uncircumcised but carry out the law will pass
judgment on you, with your written law and circumcision, who break
the law. One is not a Jew outwardly. True circumcision is not
outward, in the flesh. Rather, one is a Jew inwardly, and
circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit, not the letter; his
praise is not from human beings but from God. [ROM 2:17-29]
You fool! What you sow is not brought to life
unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body that is to be but
a bare kernel of wheat, perhaps, or of some other kind; but God
gives it a body as he chooses, and to each of the seeds its own
body. Not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for human
beings, another kind of flesh for animals, another kind of flesh
for birds, and another for fish. There are both heavenly bodies
and earthly bodies, but the brightness of the heavenly is one kind
and that of the earthly another. The brightness of the sun is one
kind, the brightness of the moon another, and the brightness of
the stars another. For star differs from star in brightness. So
also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown corruptible; it
is raised incorruptible. It is sown dishonorable; it is raised
glorious. It is sown weak; it is raised powerful. It is sown a
natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural
body, there is also a spiritual one. [1COR 15:36-44]
We cause no one to stumble in anything, in order
that no fault may be found with our ministry; on the contrary, in
everything we commend ourselves as ministers of God, through much
endurance, in afflictions, hardships, constraints, beatings,
imprisonments, riots, labors, vigils, fasts; by purity, knowledge,
patience, kindness, in a holy spirit, in unfeigned love, in
truthful speech, in the power of God; with weapons of
righteousness at the right and at the left; through glory and
dishonor, insult and praise. We are treated as deceivers and yet
are truthful; as unrecognized and yet acknowledged; as dying and
behold we live; as chastised and yet not put to death; as
sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as poor yet enriching many; as
having nothing and yet possessing all things. [2COR 6:3-10]
My brothers, show no partiality as you adhere to
the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. For if a man with
gold rings on his fingers and in fine clothes comes into your
assembly, and a poor person in shabby clothes also comes in, and
you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say,
"Sit here, please," while you say to the poor one,
"Stand there," or "Sit at my feet," have you
not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil
designs? Listen, my beloved brothers. Did not God choose those who
are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom
that he promised to those who love him? But you dishonored the
poor person. Are not the rich oppressing you? And do they
themselves not haul you off to court? Is it not they who blaspheme
the noble name that was invoked over you? However, if you fulfill
the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love
your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well. But if you
show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as
transgressors. [JMS 2:1-9]
Also try:
shame
/ shameful / shameless [S12]
wrong
/ wrongdoing [W14]
mock
/ mocked / mockery [M5]
honor
/ honors / honored / honorable [H16]
reverence
/ honor to God [R8]
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