Ezekiel 16:63

16:63 Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent ¹  when I make atonement for all you have done, ²  declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezra 9:6

9:6 I prayed, ³ 

“O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.

Romans 6:21

6:21 So what benefit ⁴  did you then reap ⁵  from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

Romans 6:1

The Believer’s Freedom from Sin’s Domination

6:1 What shall we say then? Are we to remain in sin so that grace may increase?

Romans 4:2-3

4:2 For if Abraham was declared righteous ⁶  by the works of the law, he has something to boast about – but not before God. 4:3 For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited ⁷  to him as righteousness.” ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “and your mouth will not be open any longer.”

² tn Heb “when I make atonement for you for all which you have done.”

³ tn Heb “I said.”

⁴ tn Grk “fruit.”

⁵ tn Grk “have,” in a tense emphasizing their customary condition in the past.

⁶ tn Or “was justified.”

⁷ tn The term λογίζομαι (logizomai) occurs 11 times in this chapter (vv. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24). In secular usage it could (a) refer to deliberations of some sort, or (b) in commercial dealings (as virtually a technical term) to “reckoning” or “charging up a debt.” See H. W. Heidland, TDNT 4:284, 290-92.

⁸ sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.