Psalm 44:15

New American Bible - revised edition

You make us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:7

I will cut off Israel from the land I gave them and repudiate the house I have consecrated for my name. Israel shall become a proverb and a byword among all nations,

2 Chronicles 32:21

Then the Lord sent an angel, who destroyed every warrior, leader, and commander in the camp of the Assyrian king, so that he had to return shamefaced to his own country. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down there with the sword.

Ezra 9:6

I said: “My God, I am too ashamed and humiliated to raise my face to you, my God, for our wicked deeds are heaped up above our heads and our guilt reaches up to heaven.

Job 17:6

I am made a byword of the people; I am one at whom people spit.

Psalm 69:7

Let those who wait in hope for you, Lord of hosts, not be shamed because of me. Let those who seek you, God of Israel, not be disgraced because of me.

Psalm 71:13

Bring to a shameful end those who attack me; Cover with contempt and scorn those who seek my ruin.

Psalm 89:45

You brought to an end his splendor, hurled his throne to the ground.

Jeremiah 3:25

Let us lie down in our shame, let our disgrace cover us, for we have sinned against the Lord, our God, We and our ancestors, from our youth to this day; we did not listen to the voice of the Lord, our God.”

Jeremiah 51:51

We are ashamed because we have heard taunts, disgrace covers our faces; strangers have entered sanctuaries in the Lord’s house.

Lamentations 2:15

All who pass by on the road, clap their hands at you; They hiss and wag their heads over daughter Jerusalem: “Is this the city they used to call perfect in beauty and joy of all the earth?”