13 Bible Verses about Shaming People

A capable wife is her husband’s crown,
but a wife who causes shame
is like rottenness in his bones.

Don’t take a matter to court hastily.
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent humiliates you?

A discerning son keeps the law,
but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.

A rod of correction imparts wisdom,
but a youth left to himself
is a disgrace to his mother.

The Lord answered Moses, “If her father had merely spit in her face, wouldn’t she remain in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”

You sinners frustrate the plans of the afflicted,
but the Lord is his refuge.

Men within you have sexual intercourse with their father’s wife and violate women during their menstrual impurity.

they will be like warriors in battle
trampling down the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put horsemen to shame.

Don’t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you look down on the church of God and embarrass those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you for this!

Their nobles send their servants for water.
They go to the cisterns;
they find no water;
their containers return empty.
They are ashamed and humiliated;
they cover their heads.

The ground is cracked
since no rain has fallen on the land.
The farmers are ashamed;
they cover their heads.

The wise will be put to shame;
they will be dismayed and snared.
They have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom do they really have?

Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.