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Shame

noun

a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior.

Similar:

humiliation, mortification, chagrin, ignominy, loss of face, shamefacedness, embarrassment, indignity, abashment, discomfort, discomfiture, discomposure, guilt, remorse, contrition, compunction

Opposite:  pride, indifference

verb

(of a person, action, or situation) make (someone) feel ashamed.

Similar:  

 

humiliate, mortify, make someone feel ashamed, chagrin, embarrass, abash, chasten, humble, put someone in their place, take down a peg or two, cut down to size, show up, make someone eat crow

Scripture Study for Shame

Look bellow for Bible references about Shame:

Isaiah 54:4:

"Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; you will no longer live in shame." 

Psalm 25:2:

"Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me." 

Isaiah 61:7:

"Instead of your shame, you shall have a double portion; instead of dishonor, they shall rejoice in their lot." 

Romans 8:1:

"There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit." 

1 Peter 4:16:

"However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name." 

Luke 9:26:

"Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels." 

Zephaniah 3:19-20:

"There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit." 

Micah 7:19

"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." 

Psalm 103:12

"As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us." 

Hebrews 8:12

"For I will forgive their wickedness, and will remember their sins no more." 

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