Ezr 9:6, Job 9:31, 40:3-4, Psa 51:17, Isa 5:5, Jer 31:19, Eze 16:63 | ESV | STEP | saying : O my God , I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God , for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads , and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens .

Ezra 9:6

6 saying:

“O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities ^ahave risen higher than our heads, and our ^bguilt has ^cmounted up to the heavens.

Job 9:31

31 yet you will plunge me into a pit,
and my own clothes will ^dabhor me.

Job 40:3-4

Job Promises Silence

3 Then Job answered the Lord and said:

4 “Behold, I am ^eof small account; what shall I answer you?
^fI lay my hand on my mouth.

Psalms 51:17

17 The sacrifices of God are ^ga broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Isaiah 5:5

5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove ^hits hedge,
and it shall be devoured; ^{▼▼Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5}
^jI will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.

Jeremiah 31:19

19 For after ^kI had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, ^lI struck my thigh;
^mI was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

Ezekiel 16:63

63 that you may remember and be confounded, and ⁿnever open your mouth again because of your shame, when I atone for you for all that you have done, declares the Lord God.”