Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ashamed' occurs 140 times in the standard works.

32 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ashamed' in the standard works and contain 22.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 25:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 31:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 6:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 8:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 45:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 96 0 96
NT 26 0 26
BM 11 0 11
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 4 0 4
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 1 0 1
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 1 0 1
DC 5 0 5
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 140 0 140

1 Ne. 8:25
And after they had partaken of the fruit of the tree they did cast their eyes about as if they were ashamed.

1 Ne. 8:28
And after they had tasted of the fruit they were ashamed, because of those that were scoffing at them; and they fell away into forbidden paths and were lost.

1 Ne. 21:23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

2 Ne. 6:7
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their faces towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

2 Ne. 6:13
Wherefore, they that fight against Zion and the covenant people of the Lord shall lick up the dust of their feet; and the people of the Lord shall not be ashamed. For the people of the Lord are they who wait for him; for they still wait for the coming of the Messiah.

2 Ne. 7:7
For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded. Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

2 Ne. 27:33
Therefore, thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.

Mosiah 20:3
And now the priests of king Noah, being ashamed to return to the city of Nephi, yea, and also fearing that the people would slay them, therefore they durst not return to their wives and their children.

Alma 46:21
And it came to pass that when Moroni had proclaimed these words, behold, the people came running together with their armor girded about their loins, rending their garments in token, or as a covenant, that they would not forsake the Lord their God; or, in other words, if they should transgress the commandments of God, or fall into transgression, and be ashamed to take upon them the name of Christ, the Lord should rend them even as they had rent their garments.

3 Ne. 22:4
Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame; for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

Morm. 8:38
O ye pollutions, ye hypocrites, ye teachers, who sell yourselves for that which will canker, why have ye polluted the holy church of God? Why are ye ashamed to take upon you the name of Christ? Why do ye not think that greater is the value of an endless happiness than that misery which never dies-- because of the praise of the world?