Lexicon :: Strong's H954 - bûš

Both the man and his wife were naked, yet felt no shame.

When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Come, make gods[fn] for us who will go before us because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt ​— ​we don’t know what has happened to him! ”

The servants waited until they became embarrassed and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upstairs room. So they took the key and opened the doors ​— ​and there was their lord lying dead on the floor!

Sisera’s mother looked through the window;

she peered through the lattice, crying out:

“Why is his chariot so long in coming?

Why don’t I hear the hoofbeats of his horses? ”[fn]

However, they urged him to the point of embarrassment, so he said, “Send them.” They sent fifty men, who looked for three days but did not find him.

Then he stared steadily at him until he was ashamed.

The man of God wept,

“Their inhabitants have become powerless,

dismayed, and ashamed.

They are plants of the field,

tender grass,

grass on the rooftops,

blasted by the east wind.[fn]

I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry and cavalry to protect us from enemies during the journey, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his fierce anger is against all who abandon him.”

And I said:

My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face toward you, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.

They are ashamed because they had been confident of finding water.

When they arrive there, they are disappointed.

You have humiliated me ten times now,

and you mistreat[fn] me without shame.

All my enemies will be ashamed and shake with terror;

they will turn back and suddenly be disgraced.

You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed,

but the LORD is his refuge.

They cried to you and were set free;

they trusted in you and were not disgraced.

My God, I trust in you.

Do not let me be disgraced;

do not let my enemies gloat over me.

Guard me and rescue me;

do not let me be disgraced,

for I take refuge in you.

LORD, I seek refuge in you;

let me never be disgraced.

Save me by your righteousness.

LORD, do not let me be disgraced when I call on you.

Let the wicked be disgraced;

let them be quiet[fn][fn] in Sheol.

Let those who intend to take my life

be disgraced and humiliated;

let those who plan to harm me

be turned back and ashamed.

Let those who rejoice at my misfortune

be disgraced and humiliated;

let those who exalt themselves over me

be clothed with shame and reproach.

They will not be disgraced in times of adversity;

they will be satisfied in days of hunger.

Let those who intend to take my life

be disgraced and confounded.

Let those who wish me harm

be turned back and humiliated.

But you give us victory over our foes

and let those who hate us be disgraced.

Then they will be filled with dread —

dread like no other —

because God will scatter

the bones of those who besiege you.

You will put them to shame,

for God has rejected them.

Do not let those who put their hope in you

be disgraced because of me,

Lord GOD of Armies;

do not let those who seek you

be humiliated because of me,

God of Israel.

Let those who seek to kill me

be disgraced and confounded;

let those who wish me harm

be turned back and humiliated.

LORD, I seek refuge in you;

let me never be disgraced.

May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed;

may those who intend to harm me

be covered with disgrace and humiliation.

Therefore, my tongue will proclaim

your righteousness all day long,

for those who intend to harm me

will be disgraced and confounded.

Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;

let them perish in disgrace.

Show me a sign of your goodness;

my enemies will see and be put to shame

because you, LORD, have helped and comforted me.

All who serve carved images,

those who boast in worthless idols, will be put to shame.

All the gods[fn] must worship him.

Though they curse, you will bless.

When they rise up, they will be put to shame,

but your servant will rejoice.

Then I would not be ashamed

when I think about all your commands.

I cling to your decrees;

LORD, do not put me to shame.

I will speak of your decrees before kings

and not be ashamed.

Let the arrogant be put to shame

for slandering me with lies;

I will meditate on your precepts.

May my heart be blameless regarding your statutes

so that I will not be put to shame.

Sustain me as you promised, and I will live;

do not let me be ashamed of my hope.

Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.

They will never be put to shame

when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

Let all who hate Zion

be driven back in disgrace.

The son who gathers during summer is prudent;

the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful.

A wife of noble character[fn] is her husband’s crown,

but a wife who causes shame

is like rottenness in his bones.

A king favors a prudent servant,

but his anger falls on a disgraceful one.

A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son

and share an inheritance among brothers.

The one who plunders his father and evicts his mother

is a disgraceful and shameful son.

A rod of correction imparts wisdom,

but a youth left to himself[fn]

is a disgrace to his mother.

Indeed, they[fn] will be ashamed of the sacred trees

you desired,

and you will be embarrassed because of the garden shrines

you have chosen.

Those who work with flax will be dismayed;

those combing it and weaving linen will turn pale.[fn]