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100 Bible Verses about Guilt Shame

1 John 1:9 ESV / 90 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 54:4 ESV / 71 helpful votes

“Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 70 helpful votes

Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

John 3:17 ESV / 66 helpful votes

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 65 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 65 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Acts 3:19 ESV / 63 helpful votes

Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,

Micah 7:19 ESV / 63 helpful votes

He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Romans 8:1 ESV / 62 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

1 John 2:1 ESV / 57 helpful votes

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 53 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Hebrews 10:22 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Romans 10:13 ESV / 48 helpful votes

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

John 3:16 ESV / 48 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV / 46 helpful votes

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Isaiah 61:7 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; they shall have everlasting joy.

Hebrews 9:14 ESV / 44 helpful votes

How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 44 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 44 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Romans 10:11 ESV / 40 helpful votes

For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

Acts 8:22 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

Psalm 103:12 ESV / 39 helpful votes

As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

Psalm 32:1-5 ESV / 39 helpful votes

A Maskil of David. Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

Revelation 21:4 ESV / 38 helpful votes

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Revelation 12:10 ESV / 38 helpful votes

And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

Isaiah 43:25 ESV / 38 helpful votes

“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

Romans 1:16 ESV / 37 helpful votes

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Daniel 12:2 ESV / 37 helpful votes

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Genesis 2:25 ESV / 36 helpful votes

And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

2 Corinthians 7:10 ESV / 35 helpful votes

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 35 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Isaiah 50:7 ESV / 35 helpful votes

But the Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.

Ephesians 5:12 ESV / 31 helpful votes

For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.

1 Corinthians 15:34 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

Romans 2:15 ESV / 30 helpful votes

They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them

1 John 2:2 ESV / 29 helpful votes

He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

Hebrews 10:15-18 ESV / 29 helpful votes

And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,” then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.” Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

1 Timothy 2:4 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 29 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Proverbs 28:13 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

Psalm 103:8-12 ESV / 29 helpful votes

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

Psalm 40:11-12 ESV / 29 helpful votes

As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me! For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.

Proverbs 19:26 ESV / 27 helpful votes

He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach.

Psalm 25:2-3 ESV / 27 helpful votes

O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me. Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.

Genesis 3:10 ESV / 27 helpful votes

And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.”

1 John 2:28 ESV / 26 helpful votes

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.

Hebrews 8:12 ESV / 26 helpful votes

For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”

2 Corinthians 3:17 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

1 Corinthians 6:5 ESV / 26 helpful votes

I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers,

Romans 5:8 ESV / 26 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 26 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Psalm 34:4-5 ESV / 26 helpful votes

I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 25 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

John 1:12 ESV / 22 helpful votes

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Psalm 69:7 ESV / 22 helpful votes

For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face.

Hosea 4:18 ESV / 21 helpful votes

When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring; their rulers dearly love shame.

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 21 helpful votes

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

James 2:10 ESV / 20 helpful votes

For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

Hebrews 12:6 ESV / 20 helpful votes

For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”

Hebrews 10:2 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?

1 Timothy 3:9 ESV / 20 helpful votes

They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

Philippians 3:13-14 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 20 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

Acts 2:21 ESV / 20 helpful votes

And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

John 14:15 ESV / 20 helpful votes

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

John 8:36 ESV / 20 helpful votes

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

John 5:24 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

John 3:18 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

Psalm 103:7 ESV / 20 helpful votes

He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.

Psalm 34:5 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.

Psalm 32:5 ESV / 20 helpful votes

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

Psalm 22:5 ESV / 20 helpful votes

To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

Romans 1:27 ESV / 19 helpful votes

And the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Psalm 132:18 ESV / 19 helpful votes

His enemies I will clothe with shame, but on him his crown will shine.”

Psalm 119:31 ESV / 19 helpful votes

I cling to your testimonies, O Lord; let me not be put to shame!

Psalm 32:1-11 ESV / 16 helpful votes

A Maskil of David. Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah ...

John 8:1-59 ESV / 15 helpful votes

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” ...

Luke 18:32 ESV / 15 helpful votes

For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.

Mark 15:19 ESV / 15 helpful votes

And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him.

Mark 10:34 ESV / 15 helpful votes

And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise.”

Matthew 27:30 ESV / 15 helpful votes

And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.

Matthew 1:19 ESV / 15 helpful votes

And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.

Isaiah 53:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.

Isaiah 53:3 ESV / 15 helpful votes

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Isaiah 50:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes

I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.

Proverbs 18:8 ESV / 15 helpful votes

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Job 30:10 ESV / 15 helpful votes

They abhor me; they keep aloof from me; they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21 ESV / 15 helpful votes

“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Numbers 12:14 ESV / 15 helpful votes

But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.”

Philippians 3:19 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.

1 Corinthians 4:14 ESV / 14 helpful votes

I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

Luke 22:32 ESV / 14 helpful votes

But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”

Proverbs 18:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. ...

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