When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with dishonor comes disgrace.
Meanwhile the people of Judah said, “The strength of the laborers is failing. There is so much rubble that we are unable to rebuild the wall.”
You know my reproach, my shame, my disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
I have become a stranger to my brothers, a foreigner to my mother’s children.
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.
A righteous person hates lying, but the wicked acts in shameful disgrace.
A fool finds no delight in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
The words of one’s mouth are deep waters, a fountain of wisdom, a flowing brook.
Throw out a scoffer and strife will go out, quarreling and disgrace will cease.
When the wicked thrive, wrongdoing increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.
If you are insulted for the name of Messiah, you are fortunate, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
They are surprised that you do not run with them into the same riot of recklessness, and they vilify you.
Then Saul’s rage blazed against Jonathan and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse—to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?