Ezra 9:6

New Century Version

I prayed, “My God, I am too ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to you, my God, because our sins are so many. They are higher than our heads. Our guilt even reaches up to the sky.

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

Now the people of Sodom were very evil and were always sinning against the Lord.

1 Kings 8:47

Your people will be sorry for their sins when they are held as prisoners in another country. They will be sorry and pray to you in the land where they are held as prisoners, saying, ‘We have sinned. We have done wrong and acted wickedly.’

2 Chronicles 28:9

But a prophet of the Lord named Oded was there. He met the Israelite army when it returned to Samaria and said to them, “The Lord, the God of your ancestors, handed Judah over to you, because he was angry with those people. But God has seen the cruel way you killed them.

Ezra 9:13

“What has happened to us is our own fault. We have done evil things, and our guilt is great. But you, our God, have punished us less than we deserve; you have left a few of us alive.

Ezra 9:15

Lord, God of Israel, by your goodness a few of us are left alive today. We admit that we are guilty and none of us should be allowed to stand before you.”

Nehemiah 1:6

Look and listen carefully. Hear the prayer that I, your servant, am praying to you day and night for your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we Israelites have done against you. My father’s family and I have sinned against you.

Job 40:4

“I am not worthy; I cannot answer you anything, so I will put my hand over my mouth.

Job 42:6

So now I hate myself; I will change my heart and life. I will sit in the dust and ashes.”

Psalm 38:4

My guilt has overwhelmed me; like a load it weighs me down.

Psalm 38:5

My sores stink and become infected because I was foolish.

Exodus 32:31

So Moses went back to the Lord and said, “How terribly these people have sinned! They have made for themselves gods from gold.

Isaiah 1:18

The Lord says, “Come, let us talk about these things. Though your sins are like scarlet, they can be as white as snow. Though your sins are deep red, they can be white like wool.

Isaiah 59:12

We have done many wrong things against our God; our sins show we are wrong. We know we have turned against God; we know the evil things we have done:

Jeremiah 3:3

So the rain has not come, and there have not been any spring rains. But your face still looks like the face of a prostitute. You refuse even to be ashamed of what you did.

Jeremiah 31:19

Lord, after I wandered away from you, I changed my heart and life. After I understood, I beat my breast with sorrow. I was ashamed and disgraced, because I suffered for the foolish things I did when I was young.’

Jeremiah 51:9

“Foreigners in Babylon say, ‘We tried to heal Babylon, but she cannot be healed. So let us leave her and each go to his own country. Babylon’s punishment is as high as the sky; it reaches to the clouds.’

Jeremiah 6:15

They should be ashamed of the terrible way they act, but they are not ashamed at all. They don’t even know how to blush about their sins. So they will fall, along with everyone else. They will be thrown to the ground when I punish them,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:12

They should be ashamed of the terrible way they act, but they are not ashamed at all. They don’t even know how to blush about their sins. So they will fall, along with everyone else. They will be thrown to the ground when I punish them, says the Lord.

Lamentations 3:42

“We have sinned and turned against you, and you have not forgiven us.

Ezekiel 16:63

You will remember what you did and feel ashamed. You will not open your mouth again because of your shame, when I forgive you for all the things you have done, says the Lord God.’ ”

Leviticus 26:40

“ ‘But maybe the people will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors; maybe they will admit they turned against me and sinned against me,

Luke 15:21

The son said, ‘Father, I have sinned against God and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

Luke 18:13

“The tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even look up to heaven. But he beat on his chest because he was so sad. He said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

Romans 6:21

You did evil things, and now you are ashamed of them. Those things only bring death.

Revelation 18:5

Her sins have piled up as high as the sky, and God has not forgotten the wrongs she has done.